The economics of petroleum . ^ of the skimming plant is especialh marked. In periodssuch as the winter of 1920-21 when numbers of smaller plants shut RELATION OF CAPACITY TO STORAGE 95 90,1 80;^ 40,? 30,i. COMPLETE PLANTS SKIMMING PLANTS down, the question arises as to the probable effect upon the quantityof gasohne accumulating in storage to meet the peak demand of thecoming summer. Considerable light isthrown upon this pointb}^ Fig. 40, which showsfor various parts of thecountry the approxi-mate gasoline storagepresent in the large,medimn-sized, and smallrefineries. This chartis based upon t
The economics of petroleum . ^ of the skimming plant is especialh marked. In periodssuch as the winter of 1920-21 when numbers of smaller plants shut RELATION OF CAPACITY TO STORAGE 95 90,1 80;^ 40,? 30,i. COMPLETE PLANTS SKIMMING PLANTS down, the question arises as to the probable effect upon the quantityof gasohne accumulating in storage to meet the peak demand of thecoming summer. Considerable light isthrown upon this pointb}^ Fig. 40, which showsfor various parts of thecountry the approxi-mate gasoline storagepresent in the large,medimn-sized, and smallrefineries. This chartis based upon the gaso-line actually in storageon March 31, 19201(the month when gaso-line stocks are usuallyat their highest level);and is therefore a fairlygood index of the dis-tribution of storagecapacity subsequently,since further develop-ment of storage will notsubstantially affect therelations shown. It isat once apparent thatthe gasoline storagecapacity of small re-fineries is practically in-significant as measuredagainst that of largerefineries. Comparison of with Fig. 38, more-over, indicates thatstorage capacity forgasoline is roughlyproportional to refin-ing capacity, with the notable exception
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