Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-01-07

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states re'"hed the record breaking to
tai Of POS, ,55G,olS barrels, daily av
crage production Of 574,l2G barrels
d gain IN quantity produced in 1917
Of 2G,$S517i barrels, as against tn,
quantity produced H. 1903. OF thl!
increase the light oil producing dis
tricts contributed 5,7l3.227 barrels
Caddo I'm northwestern Louisiana, l..
.0'l975 barrels, total light oil in.
crease 9,175,2O2 barrels. California
ADDED, 1153S,g59 barrels, the differ.
cnce due to losses in the Coastal plain
region of Texas and Louisiana. or.
the total production in 1910 the small
lest quantity in the history Of the in.
dustry in this country was added to
the stocks of surplus oil, amounting
to approximately 10000 barrels with
the exception OF the years 1S71-74
California increased It's stocks during
rcls, while drafts were made on the
stocks of light oil to the amount OF
Il54,72 barrels, nearly a standoff.
The exports of petroleum and its
products during 1910 amounted to 81,
3J9G0i barrels. The total domestic
consumption during 1910 reached a
total Of l12,09G,444 barrels. daily
average of 411,i97 barrels, compared
Narff "a A..
consumption during the year 1907.
The total increase in the home con-
sumption of petroleum in 1910, as
against 1907, 3 years, amounted to
barrels, a daily average in
crease Of 1S4,396 barrels
During the past four years the
yearly quantity Of petroleum and its
products exported exceeded by sever
al million barrels the total quantity
produced during any one year to the
yc"r 1889 inclusive.
Consumption of Fuel oil by Railroads
The consumption Of fuel oil by the
railroads in the United States during
the past five Years has been as fol-
lows, 1906, 15,57I677 barrels; 1907,
lS,S5j,G91 barrels, 1908, 16,SS9,O7O
barrels; 1909 l9,939,39I barrels, and
In 1910, 24,5SG,10S barrels The guam
lily consumed during 1910 in the
'nitcd Statcc exceeded the total
uantity produced in this country dur
ug any one year to 1879 inclusive, by
IG91. $50 barrels.
Wells Completed.
During the past five years ending
With 1871 the drill has developed the |
most prolific territory in the history
# The industry During the year
gOl, 2o,3G5 wells were completed in /
he United states, the largest number /
omploted during any one year. and .
he production was 11GOSO,9GO bar
els. During the year 1879 the to-
al competitions numbered 1890 and /.
he production 209,556,O4S barrels:
0o9 1897 competitions yield 1872 /,
3i274 barrels; 1908, 5000 COM
lotions, production 179.572,479 bar
els: 1907, compilations 19,601, pro-
uction 1G6.O95.S35 barrels. with the
evelopment Of the richest territory
yer tapped by the edrill-Oklahoma. 4
linois and California-the produc- i
ON In 1910 by the completion Of s. !
'5 less wells than were completed I'm ;
'ei was 92,475.OSS barrels greater. 5
his would indicate that the search I
~ and the development of oil Is a q
fer enterprise than that Of hunting
" any other mineral. /
The Crude oil Engine. 1
AS Watts revolutionizcd power in +
.e Nineteenth Century by the inven- L
on Of the steam engine. so has DR.. L
udolf Diesel by the invention Of q
e crude oil engine that bears his
,me, destined to make the Twentieth n
'ntury the crude oil engine age. II o
gratifying to note that this wonder i
i engine uses its liquid fuel in II. I
ude state, thus not encroaching on q
e limited supply of gasoline. While c
9 consumption Of gasoline by the y
Itomobile and motor boat and relat- II
types Of the explosive engines ia p
"koncd by gallons. the requirements II
the Diesel engine will be computed Il
the barrels. Many deep sea ves- I
Is OF large size are now being p
upped ana many more are In the u
,cks that will have for its motive b
wer the Diesel engine. h
d-Contincnt Production of Petro- p
lcum. ~
Since its discovery. the production f.
petroleum i'm the Continent II
fields show yearly an unbroken &C
ord of increase. The greatest in m
'ase in its production occurred dur. :
, the year 1907, the amount being q
-009.714 barrels, as against an in y
'ase during 1906 Of 10.SO2,776 ban :,
s. In 1908 the reaction was felt :.
e TO the feverish activity Of the /.
" before and the amount Of in II
ase was 1.477.54s barrels The in q
ase during 1909 was approximate :.