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with 7,941,000 in 1940. More significant, however, is the fact that the daily
average, which was only 16,171 barrels for the first quarter of 1940, totaled
44,602 barrels for the peak months of June to Septemher in 1941.
 Notwithstanding the diversion of tankers, shipments of gasoline from the
Gulf to the East coast increased from 119,142,000 barrels in 1940 to 130,534,000
in 1941, and even during the 5 months of the diversion period—June
to October—they were 3,869,000 barrels more than for the same period
in 1940. The tanker movement from California to the East coast, which gained
30 percent in the first 6 months of 1941 (from 1,737,000 barrels in 1940
to 2,251,000 in
1941) was completely stopped during the latter part of the year so that the
ships could be used for more necessary service. A small quantity of gasoline
needed for special blending purposes continued to be moved across the country
by railroad.

Shipments of motor fuel by pipe lines in the United States in 1941, by months
[Thousands of barrelsj

1940
 — —
~
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total









1940











total
Motor fuel turned
Intolines     
Motor fuel deliv-
eredfromlines.
Shortag&*      
Stocks in lines and
working tanks,
end of month~.
8,816

7,683
15


6,192
7,113

6,814
39


6,452
8,764 8,886

8,3639,365
 88 4


6,765~6,282
9,637 9,882

10,1909,685
30 29


5, 699~5, 867
9,996
S

10,494
68


5,301
10,669

10,288
61


5,621
9,403 9,771
*
9,5189,709
71 101


5~435I5~396
9,897

9,438
39


5,816
10,142

9,530
70


6,358
112,976

111,077
615


6,358
97,064

96,657
588


5,074
 Pipe-line shipments of motor fuel increased from 96,657,000 barrels in 1940
to 111,077,000 in 1941. Important additions to pipe lines in 1941 include
the Southeastern Pipe Line from Port St. Joe, Fla., to Chattanooga, Tenn.—450
miles; the Plantation Pipe Line from Baton Rouge, La., to Greensboro, N.
(1—1,260 miles; and a line from Fall River to Worcester and Waltham,
Mass.—86 miles. Work was begun in 1941 on a line from Marcus Hook,
Pa., and Baltimore, Md., to Greensburg, Pa., via Schaefferstown, Pa.

KEROSINE AND RANGE OIL

 The domestic demand for kerosine in 1941 changed little from the 1940 total
of 68,776,000 barrels, and exports remained at a very low level in 1941,
as in 1940. Kerosine is seldom imported into the United States; however,
small quantities were received in both 1940 and 1941. Production of kerosine
in 1941 was below the 1940 output, but year-end stocks for the 2 years remained
at about the same volume.
 Although 9 percent more crude petroleum was run to stills in 1941 than in
1940, the production of kerosine declined by 2 percent (from 73,882,000 barrels
in 1940 to 72,586,000 in 1941) owing to a pronounced reduction in the p.ercentage
yield. The 5.2-percent yield of kerósine in 1941 (the lowest since
1936) compares with a relative high output of 5.7 percent in 1940. Refiners
adjusted their runs to stills in 1941 to produce relatively more motor fuel
and heavy fuel oil and correspondingly less kerosine and distillate fuel
oil; however,