The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-02-10
AMERICAN PETROLEUM USED IN
ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD


colonies and islands, scattered In
every grand division and in every
climatic section of the world Amer
lean kerosene supplies light, while in
more than eighty countries the pro-
ducts of our mineral oils are used
in generating power or for lubrica-
ton of machinery there in operation.
About 900 million gallons of Amer
ican kerosene pass out of the country
annually to be used chiefly in light
ing homes and places of business, and
the value of all classes of mineral
oil sent out of the country approx
mates 100 millions dollars a year.
The United States now produces
two-thirds of the worlds supply OF
petroleum, the quantity produced in
the year just ended having been, ac-
cording to a statement, recently is
sued by the Geological Survey, over
200 million barrels of crude oil, or
more than s billion gallons. Just
what quantity of refined oil was
produced from this more than 8 bill
lion gallons of crude oil in 1910
cannot now be stated, but the Bureau
of Statistics of the Department of
Commerce and Labor shows exports
of practically billion gallons a year
of the refined Illuminating oil, and
approximately " 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
produced in the United States last
year? Probably IT'S million dollars,
though this is necessarily an esti-
mate. What is the value of the fin
ished article, the Illuminating oil, the
naphthas, the gasoline, the lubricat-
ing oil, the paraffin, and other grades
of manufactures from this raw pro-
duct? This can only be estimated,
though the Census of 1905 shows
the value of the products of petrol
cum refining in 1904 to be IT'S
million dollars. What is the value
of the mineral oil exported? The
Bureau of Statistics shows that the
total value of he mineral oil exported
in 1904 was 80 million dollars, and
in 1908 was 100 million, of which
76 million was Illuminating oil; 10
million lubricating oil; " million
raphthas, and other lighter products
of distillation; 6k 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 a fall
in export prices, though the quantity
also showed slight decline in 1910
when compared with 1908.
What becomes of this billion and
a half gallons of our petroleum pass
ing out of the country? 1t goes, as
already indicated, to hundred diff
erent countries, colonies and islands.
Scarcely a country in the world can
be named to whom 1t is not sent.
Even Russia, which for years was
our chief rival In the worlds petrol
cum, now takes considerable quaint
tiles of American lubricating oil
made from petroleum, and her Asiatic
possessions take also certain quaint
tiles of our Illuminating oil. The
largest customer of our Illuminating
oil is England, to which exports of
1910 amounted to about 1870 million
gallons, valued at more than mil
lion dollars. Germany ranks second,
the quantity sent to that country
in 1910 being about 10S million
gallons; to Netherlands about 100
million gallons; China about 80
million; Japan about As million;
and even British India about 81
million gallons. In fact, practically
every country in the world receives
greater or less quantities of our pet
roleum. The list of countries to
which it Is sent includes Greenland,
Iceland, Malta, and other of the Med
iterranean islands, the Azores and
Madeira Islands, Turkey in Europe
and Asia, Egypt, Siam, Korea, Hong
kong, the Straits Settlements, Dutch
East Indies, French East Indies,
French, German and British Oceania,
the Philippine Islands, Madagascar,
Italian, German, French, Portuguese,
British and Spanish Africa, British,
Danish and Dutch West Indies, Haiti,
Santo Domingo, the Central Ameri-
can States, and ever country OF
South America.
| Not only is our kerosene popular