The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-01-27
AMERICAN PETROLEUM USED
IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD


islands, scattered in every grand di-
vision and in every climatic section of
the world American kerosene supplies
| light, while in more than eighty coun-
tries the products of our mineral oils
are used in generating power or for
fabrication of machinery there in oper-
alton About 1000 million gallons of
American kerosene pass out of the
country annually, to be used chiefly in
| lighting homes and places of business,
and the value of all classes of mineral
oil sent out of the country approxi-
mates 100 million dollars year.
The United States now produces two.
thirds of the worlds supply of petrol
cum, the quantity produced in the year
| just ended having been, according to
statement recently issued by the
geological survey, over 200 million bar
rels of crude oil, or more than s bill
lion gallons. Just what quantity of re-
fined oil was produced from this more
than billion gallons of crude oil pro-
duced in 1910 cannot now be stated, but
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor shows
exports of practically billion gallons
year of the refined Illuminating oil,
and approximately 11a billion gallons
of oil of all classes, including in this
term Illuminating oil, lubricating oil,
naphthas, and certain quantities in the
crude or unrefined state.
What is the value of this more than
8 billion gallons of mineral oil produc-
ed in the United States last year?
Probably 175 million dollars. though
this is necessarily an estimate. What
is the value of the finished article, the
Illuminating oil, the naphthas, the gas
olene, the lubricating oil, the paraffin
and other grades manufactured from
this raw product? This can only be
estimated, though the census of 1905
shows the value of the products of
petroleum refining" in 1904 to be ITS
million dollars. What is the value Of
the mineral oil exported? The bureau
of statistics shows that the total value
of the mineral oil exported in 1904 was
80 million dollars, and in 1908 was 109
million, of which 76 million was illum-
mating oil; 19 million lubricating oil;
Az million naphthas, and other lighter
products of distillation; 6h million
dollars crude oil and about million
dollars residum. In 1909 and 1910
the value of the exports was slightly
less than in 1908, due chiefly to fall
in export prices, though the quantity
also showed a slight decline in 1910
when compared with 1908.
What becomes of this billion and a
half gallons of our petroleum passing
out of the country? 1t goes, as already
indicated, to hundred different coun-
tries, colonies and islands Scarcely
a country in the world can be named
to whom it is not sent Even Russia,
which was for years our chief rival in
the worlds petroleum markets, now
takes considerable quantities of Amer
ican lubricating oil made from petrol
cum, and her Asiatic possessions take
also certain quantities of our illuminat-
ing oil. The largest customer for our
Illuminating oil is England, to which
the exports of 1910 amounted to about
180 million gallons, valued at more
than million dollars. Germany ranks
second, the quantity sent to that coun-
try in 1910 being about 10S million
gallons; to Netherlands about 100 mil
lion gallons; China about 80 million;
Japan about As million; and even Brit
ish India about 80 r:.llion gallons. IN
fact practically every county in the
world receives greater or less quanti-
ties of our petroleum. The list of coun-
tries to which it is sent includes Green
land, Iceland, Malta, and other of the
Mediterranean islands; the Azores and
Madeira Islands, Turkey in Europe and
ASA, Egypt, Siam, Korea, Hongkong,
the Straits Settlements, Dutch East
Indies, French East Indies; French,
German, and British Oceania; the Phil
lippine Islands, Madagascar; Italian.
German, French, Portuguese, British,
and Spanish Africa; British, Danish
and Dutch West Indies, Haiti, Santo
Domingo, the Central American States,
and every country of South America.
Not only is our kerosene popular in
the homes of all parts of the world.
but American gasolene exported un-
der the general title of naphtha. is
furnishing power for motor-boats, auto
mobiles and flying machines in various
sections of the world, while lubricating
oil exported goes to more than eighty
countries, and is valued at more than
20 million dollars a year.