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
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Total 500,651,086 100·00 6,983,567,246 100·00
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* 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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[Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.]