The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1911-12-08

PRODUCING OIL WELLS
AVERAGE -FOUR BARRELS


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More Than no, ,Oo oo0 bsffsis of Oh,
with sslue ~ neafiy ,i2s,00oo0,
we're produced IN the Tinted states /,
last geaf. according h. Dsvid T Day
~ tie United States geological sur
vsy. In 40 advsnce chapter % petfo.
leum from "Minefal Resources of the
Tinted States" for 1910
The petroleum Industry In the
United States, says Df Day, has been
characterized ny pneoomensl 10
crease each year Tor the Iast four
years Each years gain over that of
the year before has been 50 remark
able a. to lead " the belief that the
limit of production had been reached,
but the increase has continued rap
IDLY After varying between 50,000,.
600 aud 60.000,000 barrels annually 10
the decade between 1890 and 1870, the
oil output was over 80 900, 900 barrels
IN 1900 and increased To ss,000,0OU bar
rels 10 1902 10 1903 u passed the
100, 900, 600 barrel mark, 10 1904 II was
over l20000000 barrels, and In 1905
nearly l35,000,00O barrels. After q
slight decline 10 1906 the output rose
again, IN 1907 reaching l66o00,000
barrels 1t was l75,0O0,0 900 barrels 10
1908, 1879, 10000 barrels 10 1909, and
200, $50, ,04S barrels In 1910, a gain Of
, IA per cent over the record output OF
1909. This brought the total output
!, since the beginning OF the petroleum
. industry to more than two billion
4 barrels.
LEADS THE WORLD.
!, The United States is now by far the
' greatest oll-produclny country; 10
e fact, IL produces more than all the
+ rest OF the world together. In 1910
the wells 10 this country yielded
i nearly "a per cent OF the total produc-
n tion, Russia scoring very poor sec
ond with about 10000, 900 barrels, or
q per cent. The production Of other
40 countries is comparatively neglible,
= the third on the list, Galicia, contrib.
uting only 3.S7 per cent OF the total
% The excess OF the petroleum pro-
25 duction OF the United States over tn
90 normal demand Is shown by the fac
that the 200, ,55e,04s barrels produced
so in 1910 brought a smaller return
"a sl27, 500, 32S--thnn the 183, ,l70,S74 bar
rels 10 1909, which was valued a
"a Sl2s, ,32S, ,627. The even smaller outpu
o. In 1908, ITS, ,000, 100 barrels was value
s5 at still more-sl29, ,079,lS As th
90 production has Increased the averag
% price has gone down from more tha
20 81 a barrel 10 1900 to al cents 10 1911
"a These repeated great increases 10 0
90 production have been due to the SUI
II cessive development OF four great y
% SS troleum fields farther west than tt
20 old productive centers. BY 1900 Il
, IS country had adapted Itself to Il
81 81 influx Of oil from western Ohio az
90 Indiana; then came In rapid succe
10 sion the development OF the gulf fle
90 90 Ia Texas and Louisiana, the mid-co
5 u tinent field In Oklahoma and Kansa
. % and the Illinois field. In the mea
, 40 time California's production had be-
2 90 increasing so rapidly that !t becar
: 90 the dominant feature OF 1909 and 19l
! SO SO outstripping the production OF q
9 q other state and promising to reta
this supremacy In the future.
: 90 The trade effect OF these develo
) 80 ments was largely discounted by !
Is Is small proportion gasolene and kel
z 20 sene yielded by the gull and Calift
s o5 MIA oils and IL was only when the
s 90 perlor character OF the mId.contine
Z 90 oil was recognized that the midt
western contributions began to
4 % taken seriously 10 the general tra'
Y g Geographic and technical factors
s % California petroleum at disadv'
= " tage compared with the eastern q
:" ply, but the great production b
com pelled such advances in renni
tt,e methods a. to make II reasonably 9
IL tain that California will, 10 the futu
Will yield good refined products, includi
neu, leu lubricating aud Illuminating oils.
he he WELLS IN OPERATION.
0 an There are now 148, ,440 oil wells
operation in the United States. II
average about four barrels a day,
In Pennsylvania and New York
6 wells in some districts yield pr
on an output OF less than one. dftt
a barrel q day. The original DR.
we'll, drilled In 1859, would probat
n fit we're cleaned, be capable Of yis
ing one.third Of barrel
Another we'll close to the Drake '
IL forvy.fve years old and IL still be
pumped.
= Over S,50O,OO0 acres Of land
1e leased for oil aud 100000 acres
7. owned in fee by oil operators.
@ @'e USE OF FUEL OILS.
"a The use Of fuel oils is steadily
creasing. Railroads consumed 24,5
1903 barrels Ia 1910, against 10, $3.50
barrels 10 1000. The advantages
oil over coal have been clearly rec
mixed by the United States navy.
new construction fuel.oil burners
being more and more extensively u
: torpedo boat destroyers Nos 20 Il
burn oil exclusively, and the bat
ships Delaware, North Dakota, Q
!, RADIO, Utah, Wyoming, Arkan
Texas aud New York burn oil as
auxiliary to coal. Buttleships !