Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-31
UNITED STATES
LEADS IN OIL
TOTAL OUTPUT FAR ExCEEDS1
THAT OF LAST YEAR
CALIFORNIA is SECOND AMONG
PRODUCING STATES
America Proves Greatest Oil ProducerI
in the WorId-Increase in Cons
sumption by oiI-Rurnina
Railroads

A total output far in excess OF tina
of any previous year, an unparalleled
accumulation of stocks, and high price
for oil of all grades characterized tn
petroleum industry of the United
States in 1907, according to David
Day Of the United States geologic
survey, whose statistical report Is
in course of publication by the SUI
as an advance chapter from Mine
Resources of the United States, Cs
endar Year 1907"
The total production of petroleum Id
this country in 1907 amounted to 1851
095, 1886 barrels, or 22149, 1862 metric tons
an increase Of 39,601, 1893 barrels 0verN
the production of 1906, which was LAG,
493, 1886 barrels, or 16,S6S,5 $50 metric tons&
the increase being greater than thd
total product of petroleum in any yeafV
up to 1889. The total value increased
from $92. 444,735 in 1906 to $120.10S,749 il 4
1907. The average price decreased
slightly, from $0.731 per barrel in 1900
to $0.723 in 1907.
The rank of the leading petroleum
states was changed materially dur
the year, Kansas and Oklahoma, wiz
production of 45, 5,9SS,649 barrels in Il =
as against 21, ,718.64S barrels in 1906, a
tanning first place. and Californii
dropping to second place, though he#
production amounted to 5J,74S,375 baf7a
els in 1907 as compared with SO. 3.74S,375'
barrels in 1907 as compared with 3d.
09S,5 barrels in 1906.
Great Change In Illinois
The greatest change. however. was in
Illinois, where the increased production
from 4,397, ,050 barrels in 1906 to "a,
973 barrels-brought the state from
ninth to third place, with an output
more than fivefold that of 1906 and
practically double that of Texas, which
stood fourth in both years.
Ohio, which stood third in 1906 with
production of 14,737,763 barrels,
dropped to fifth place, its production
amounting to 12,207, ,44S barrels. Penn
sylvania's output in 1905, $685. sS06 bar
rels-put it in the sixth place instead
| of the fifth.
| 9.095,296 barrels in 1907, has seventh
place instead of sixth; Indiana is No.
| s, with production Of 5,128,037 barrels.
and Louisiana No. 9, with an output Of
5,000,221 barrels in 1907, whereas in 1906
Louisiana's production was in excess
of that of Indiana, and the states oc-.
cupied respectively seventh and eightbl
places
New York, Kentucky and Tennes4
Colorado. Utah and Wyoming, a
Michigan and Missouri compldte s<; T.
list in the same order as in 1906.
The rank of the states according
value of product is more Significant
than their rank according to quantity.
as the value reflects the utility of the
product. In this respect changes wers
also radical.
Pipe Line to the Gulf
In spite Of comparatively low pf4 I.
per BARREL the midcontinent produc
rose in value from fourth to first placL
because of the great yield Of the Client
pool and because the completion Of twd
pipe lines to the Gulf gave an outlet,
which, together with the decline In
Louisiana oil, steadied the midcontl-
nent price.
The price Of Illinois oil was also sus-
tained we'll enough, Notwithstanding
the great output, to make the value of
the product advance from ninth to
third place, while Califoriia' s Increased
production and price sufficed only to
leave the value in sixth place. as IN
| 1905.
During 1907 total of 18, e55, ,691 barrels
of oil were consumed as fuel by the
! railroads of the United States, as
against a total of 15,577 SIT barrels In
! 1906. The estimated length of line OPP
Grated by the use of fuel oil insd907 was
13, 593 miles, and the total length of
line covered by oil burning engines IS
| estimated at "A, 1877 IA miles, an aver
sumed. Most of the oil consumed was
crude oil, the remainder being residu-
um from the refineries, the product re-
manning after the lighter oils have been
| extracted
This country is the greatest oil pro-
ducer in the world, according to pr.
Days table showing world produrtioh,
! its output in 1907 being more than 100.
100000 barrels in excess of that of its
closest rival, Russia.
The petroleum report viii be ready
for distribution in few weelSss whom
it may be obtained by applying to the
director of the United States Geological
| survey Washington, d. c.,