CHAPTER XIV

STATISTICAL

THE WORLD’S OUTPUT OF PETROLEUM

The world’s total production of crude oil for 1917, and for the period of years 1857 to 1917, is given in the following table. The details are given in barrels, which, divided by seven, will give the output in tons.

PRODUCTION. TOTAL PRODUCTION. 1917. 1857-1917.

_Barrels _P.C. _Barrels _P.C. of 42 of of 42 of Gallons._ Total._ Gallons._ Total._ COUNTRY. United States *335,315,601 66·98 4,252,644,003 60·89 Russia #69,000,000 13·78 1,832,583,017 26·24 Mexico 55,292,770 11·04 222,082,472 3·18 Dutch East Indies ¶12,928,955 2·58 175,103,267 2·51 India #8,500,000 1·70 98,583,522 2·41 Galicia 5,965,447 1·19 148,459,653 2·13 Japan and Formosa 2,898,654 0·58 36,065,454 0·52 Roumania 2,681,870 0·54 142,992,465 2·05 Peru 2,533,417 0·51 21,878,285 0·31 Trinidad 1,599,455 0·32 5,418,885 0·08 Argentina 1,144,737 0·23 3,047,858 0·04 Egypt 1,008,750 0·20 2,768,686 0·04 Germany 995,764 0·20 15,952,861 2·30 Canada 205,332 0·04 24,112,529 3·50 Italy 50,334} 0·11 947,289 0·01 Other countries #§530,000} 927,000 0·01 ------------------------------------------ Total 500,651,086 100·00 6,983,567,246 100·00 ==========================================

* Quantity marketed. # Estimated. ¶ Includes British Borneo. #§ Includes 19,167 barrels produced in Cuba.

THE PETROLEUM IMPORT TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

The imports of petroleum products into the United Kingdom for the past seven years are given in the following table. Those for 1917 are only approximate quantities inasmuch as, toward the end of the year, the Custom House authorities decided for the time being not to compile such statistics for general use. The figures in every case are given in gallons--

------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ OILS. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. ------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Petroleum (Crude) | 12,742 | 1,108,900| 15,105,588| ---- Petroleum (lamp) |146,030,093|157,141,241|150,131,233|141,424,353 Petroleum (lubricating) | 69,327,061| 67,962,493| 66,646,512| 69,974,170 Petroleum (Gas Oil) | 73,273,526| 65,949,677| 83,105,346| 88,089,202 Petroleum (Fuel Oil) | 48,135,845| 95,062,187|212,675,855| 27,288,850 Petroleum (Other prdcts)| 963,856| 24,178| 17,942| 705,353 Motor Spirit | 79,590,155|100,858,017|119,030,155|146,334,702 ------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------

------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ OILS. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. ------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ Petroleum (Crude) | ---- | ---- | ---- | 7,577,549 Petroleum (lamp) |126,840,494|127,958,665|148,021,234|153,371,858 Petroleum (lubricating) | 80,443,694| 87,779,737|102,273,841| 65,832,998 Petroleum (Gas Oil) | 57,160,493| 31,303,820| 38,835,460| 30,033,002 Petroleum (Fuel Oil) | 22,646,669|440,582,168|842,405,536|265,405,203 Petroleum (Other prdcts)| 1,728,092| ---- | ---- | ---- Motor Spirit |163,965,834|139,270,181|192,959,054|200,332,648 ------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+

AMERICA’S CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION DURING THE PAST FIFTY YEARS

The output of crude petroleum in the oil-fields of America during the past fifty years has been as under, the figures being given in barrels of 42 gallons (usually reckoned at seven to the ton)--

_Year._ _Barrels._

1869 4,215,000 1870 5,260,745 1871 5,205,234 1872 6,293,194 1873 9,893,786 1874 10,926,945 1875 8,787,514 1876 9,132,669 1877 13,350,363 1878 15,396,868 1879 19,914,146 1880 26,286,123 1881 27,661,238 1882 30,349,897 1883 23,449,633 1884 24,218,438 1885 21,858,785 1886 28,064,841 1887 28,283,483 1888 27,612,025 1889 35,163,513 1890 45,823,572 1891 54,292,655 1892 50,514,657 1893 48,431,066 1894 49,344,516 1895 52,892,276 1896 60,960,361 1897 60,475,516 1898 55,364,233 1899 57,070,850 1900 63,620,529 1901 69,389,194 1902 88,766,916 1903 100,461,337 1904 117,080,960 1905 134,717,580 1906 126,493,936 1907 166,095,335 1908 178,527,355 1909 183,170,874 1910 209,557,248 1911 220,449,391 1912 222,935,044 1913 248,446,230 1914 265,762,535 1915 281,104,104 1916 300,767,158 1917 335,315,601 1918 360,000,000

ROUMANIA’S CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION DURING THE PAST FIFTY YEARS

Roumania’s crude oil production for the past fifty years is given in the following table in barrels of 42 gallons (seven to the ton). The officially recorded output goes back as far as 1857, when the twelve months’ yield was just under 2,000 barrels. During 1861, the production passed the 10,000 barrel mark for the first time, and six years later reached 50,000 barrels for the year. The figures are as under--

_Year._ _Barrels._

1868 55,369 1869 58,533 1870 83,765 1871 90,030 1872 91,251 1873 104,036 1874 103,177 1875 108,569 1876 111,314 1877 108,599 1878 109,300 1879 110,007 1880 114,321 1881 121,511 1882 136,610 1883 139,486 1884 210,667 1885 193,411 1886 168,606 1887 181,907 1888 218,576 1889 297,666 1890 383,227 1891 488,201 1892 593,175 1893 535,655 1894 507,255 1895 575,200 1896 543,348 1897 570,886 1898 776,238 1899 1,425,777 1900 1,628,535 1901 1,678,320 1902 2,059,935 1903 2,763,117 1904 3,599,026 1905 4,420,987 1906 6,378,184 1907 8,118,207 1908 8,252,157 1909 9,327,278 1910 9,723,806 1911 11,107,450 1912 12,976,232 1913 13,554,768 1914 12,826,578 1915 12,029,913 1916 10,298,208 1917 2,681,870

MEXICO’S REMARKABLE PROGRESS IN CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION

Fourteen years ago, the crude petroleum production in the oil-fields of Mexico was officially recorded for the first time. Its remarkable progress since that time will be seen from the following table, the figures being in barrels of 42 gallons--

_Year._ _Barrels._

1904 220,653 1905 320,379 1906 1,097,264 1907 1,717,690 1908 3,481,610 1909 2,488,742 1910 3,332,807 1911 14,051,643 1912 16,558,215 1913 25,902,439 1914 21,188,427 1915 32,910,508 1916 39,817,402 1917 55,292,770 1918 64,605,422

GALICIAN CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION

The output of crude petroleum in the Galician fields during the past thirty years is given herewith--

_Year._ _Barrels._

1888 466,537 1889 515,268 1890 659,012 1891 630,730 1892 646,220 1893 692,669 1894 949,146 1895 1,452,999 1896 2,443,080 1897 2,226,368 1898 2,376,108 1899 2,313,047 1900 2,346,505 1901 3,251,544 1902 4,142,159 1903 5,234,475 1904 5,947,383 1905 5,765,317 1906 5,467,967 1907 8,455,841 1908 12,612,295 1909 14,932,799 1910 12,673,688 1911 10,519,270 1912 8,535,174 1913 7,818,130 1914 5,033,350 1915 4,158,899 1916 6,461,706 1917 5,965,447 1918 4,341,050

GERMANY’S CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION

Official figures were first recorded of Germany’s crude oil production in 1880, when the total output for the twelve months was about 9,000 barrels. For the past thirty years, the yearly output has been as under--

_Year._ _Barrels._

1888 84,782 1889 68,217 1890 108,296 1891 108,929 1892 101,404 1893 99,390 1894 122,564 1895 121,277 1896 145,061 1897 165,745 1898 183,427 1899 192,232 1900 358,297 1901 313,630 1902 353,674 1903 445,818 1904 637,431 1905 560,963 1906 578,610 1907 756,631 1908 1,009,278 1909 1,018,837 1910 1,032,522 1911 1,017,045 1912 1,031,050 1913 1,002,700 1914 936,400 1915 960,430 1916 948,320 1917 995,764 1918 820,310

EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM THE UNITED STATES

The following table gives the total export movement of petroleum products from the United States from the year 1865, when American petroleum products commenced to have an international overseas market--

_Year._ _Gallons._ _Value in Dollars._

1918 2,714,430,452 344,290,444 1917 2,596,900,000 253,021,000 1916 2,607,482,000 201,721,000 1915 2,328,725,000 142,941,000 1914 2,240,033,000 139,900,000 1913 2,136,465,000 149,316,000 1912 1,883,479,000 124,210,000 1911 1,768,731,000 105,922,000 1910 1,546,067,000 99,090,000 1909 1,561,671,000 105,999,000 1908 1,443,537,000 104,116,000 1907 1,257,430,000 84,855,000 1906 1,257,949,000 84,041,000 1905 1,123,334,000 79,793,000 1904 984,424,000 79,060,000 1903 941,699,000 67,253,000 1902 1,106,208,000 72,302,000 1901 1,034,643,000 71,112,000 1900 967,252,000 75,611,000 1899 999,713,000 56,273,000 1898 1,034,249,000 56,125,000 1897 973,514,000 62,635,000 1896 890,458,000 62,383,000 1895 884,502,000 46,660,000 1894 908,252,000 41,499,000 1893 904,337,000 42,142,000 1892 715,471,000 44,805,000 1891 710,124,000 52,026,000 1890 664,491,000 51,403,000 1889 616,195,000 49,913,000 1888 578,351,000 47,042,000 1887 592,803,000 46,824,000 1886 577,628,000 50,199,000 1885 574,628,000 50,257,000 1884 513,660,000 47,103,000 1883 505,931,000 44,913,000 1882 559,954,000 51,232,000 1881 397,660,000 40,315,000 1880 423,964,000 36,208,000 1879 378,310,000 40,305,000 1878 338,841,000 46,574,000 1877 309,198,000 61,789,000 1876 243,660,000 32,915,000 1875 221,955,000 30,078,000 1874 247,806,000 41,245,000 1873 187,815,000 42,050,000 1872 145,171,000 34,058,000 1871 149,892,000 36,894,000 1870 113,735,000 32,668,000 1869 100,636,000 31,127,000 1868 79,456,000 21,810,000 1867 70,255,000 24,407,000 1866 50,987,000 24,830,000 1865 25,496,000 16,563,000

RUSSIA’S CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION DURING THE PAST FIFTY YEARS

The output of crude petroleum in the Russian oil-fields during the past fifty years is given in the following table. For the purpose of comparison, the figures are given in barrels of 42 gallons, rather than in poods (62 to the ton) which is the usual manner of recording Russian quantities. The figures are as under--

_Year._ _Barrels._

1869 202,308 1870 204,618 1871 165,129 1872 184,391 1873 474,379 1874 583,751 1875 697,364 1876 1,320,528 1877 1,800,720 1878 2,400,960 1879 2,761,104 1880 3,001,200 1881 3,601,441 1882 4,537,815 1883 6,002,401 1884 10,804,577 1885 13,924,596 1886 18,006,407 1887 18,367,781 1888 23,048,787 1889 24,609,407 1890 28,691,218 1891 34,573,181 1892 35,774,504 1893 40,456,519 1894 36,375,428 1895 46,140,174 1896 47,220,633 1897 54,399,568 1898 61,609,357 1899 65,954,968 1900 75,779,417 1901 85,168,556 1902 80,540,044 1903 75,591,256 1904 78,536,655 1905 54,960,270 1906 58,897,311 1907 61,850,734 1908 62,186,447 1909 65,970,250 1910 70,336,574 1911 66,183,691 1912 68,019,208 1913 62,834,356 1914 67,020,522 1915 68,548,062 1916 72,801,110 1917 69,000,000

INDEX

Advantages of liquid fuel, 78 A few notable petroleum enterprises, 148 American petroleum exports, 163 America’s crude oil production, 160 America, the petroleum industry in, 8 Anglo-American Oil Company, Ltd., the, 156 Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd., the, 153

Baku-Batoum pipe-line, 24, 69 Baku, boring operations in, 22 ----, the oil-fields of, 19 British Empire, petroleum in, 114 Burmah Oil Company, Ltd., the, 152 ----, the oil fields of, 35

California petroleum industry, 9 Canada, petroleum in, 118 Chemical composition of petroleum, 52 Cooking by means of oil, 93

Distillation of Scottish oil shales, 144 Drilling methods for oil, 41 Dutch Indies, petroleum in the, 23

Egyptian oil-fields, the, 116 Empire oil, 114 England, petroleum in, 104 England’s petroleum trade, 160

Famous oil companies, 148 Fifty years’ American production, 160 ---- ---- Russian production, 164

Galicia’s crude oil production, 162 Galicia, the oil-fields of, 36 Germany’s attempts at oil production, 39 ---- march on Roumania, 30 ---- output of crude oil, 162

Hand-dug wells in Roumania, 29 Heathfield, natural gas in, 109 How petroleum is produced, 41 ---- ---- is refined, 51 ---- the Scottish shales are operated, 136

Internal combustion engines, 95

Japan, petroleum in, 36

Liquid fuel in the Navy, 78 Lord Cowdray’s enterprise in England, 111 ---- ---- ---- Mexico, 16, 151

Maikop oil boom, the, 20 Messrs. Vickers, Ltd., new engines of, 96, 102 Methods of drilling wells, 43 Mexico’s crude oil production, 161 ----- petroleum industry, 12

Ocean oil transport facilities, 71 Oil fuel advantages, 82 Origin of petroleum, 3

Petroleum as fuel, 76 ---- in England, 104 ---- in historical times, 2 Petroleum’s part in the Great War, 123 Petroleum, the production of, 41 ----, the refining of, 51 ----, the world’s output of, 158

Remarkable oil wells in Mexico, 14 Rotary system of drilling, 48 Roumania, petroleum industry of, 28 Roumania’s crude oil production, 160 Russia, petroleum industry of, 18 Russia’s crude oil production, 164

Scottish oil pipe-line, 70 ---- shale-oil industry, 132 “Shell” Company and the Dutch Indies, 33 ---- Transport and Trading Co., the, 150 Sir Marcus Samuel, Bart., and toluol supplies, 130 Solar oil for gas enrichment purposes, 61 Staffordshire, petroleum in, 106

Texas, the oil-fields of, 10 Toluol from Borneo petroleum, 62 Transport of petroleum, 63 Trinidad, progress in, 117

Vicker’s oil engines, 102

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Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]