The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1911-01-26

American Petroleum Used In
All Parts Of the World.
The United States lights the world.
In one hundred countries, colonies and
islands, scattered in every grand diyis-
ion and in every climatic section of the
world American kerosene supplies light.
while in more than eighty countries the
products of our mineral oils are used
in generating power or for fabrication
of machinery there in operation. About
1000 million gallons of American kero-
sene 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 'untry approximates 100 million
dollars year.
The United States now produces two
thirds. of the worlds supply Of petro-
leum, the quantity produced in theWear
just ended having been, according to a
statement recently issued by the
Geological Survey, over 200 mill
lion barrels of crude oil, or more
than 8 billion gallons. Just what
quantity of refined oil was produced
from this more than 8 billion gallons
of crude oil produced in 1910 cannot
now be stated, but the Bureau of Stat
istics of the Department of Commerce
and Labor shows exports of practically
l billion gallons year of the refined
Illuminating oil, and approximately II
billion gallons of oil of all classes,
including in this term illuminating oil,
lubricating oil, naphthas, and certain
quantities in the crude or unrefned
state.
What is the value of this more than
| 8 billion gallons of mineral oil pro-
duced in the United States last year?
Probably l75 million dollars, though
this is necessarily an estimate. What
is the value of the finished article, the
illuminating OIL the naphthas, the gas
ollne. the iubricatang oil, the parafin
aud 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 LIE
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
lo9 million, Of which 7e million was
illuninatinEsoil; 'l9 million lubricatine
oil; a million naphthas, and othe,
lighter products of distlllation; 81
million dollars crude oil. and about {
million dollars residium. In, 1909 anc
1910 the value of the exports wat
tstightly less than in 1908. due chiefly tt
a fall in export prices. though the
quantity also showed a slight decline
in 1910 when compared with 1908. !.
What becomes of this billion and q
half gallons of our petroleum passing
out of the country? It goes, as al
ready indicated, to a hundred differen,
countries, colonies and islands. Scarcel,
a country in the world can be named
to whona it is not sent. Even Russia
which was for years our chief rival in
the worlds petroleum markets, nov
takes considerable quantities of Amer
ican lubricating oil made from petro.
leum. and her Asiatie possessions take
also certain quantities Of our illuminat.
ing oil. The largest customer for ou,
Illuminating oil is England, to which
the exports Of 1910 amounted to abou,
$50 million gallons. valued at more thar
million dollars. Germany rank.
second, the quantity sent to thai
country In 1910 being abeut lOS million
gallons; to Netherlands about 10(
million gallons; China about 80 million
Japan about 45 million; and even Brit
ish India about 81 million gallons. II
fact practically every country in the
world receives greater or less quantities
OF our petroleum. The list of countrie.