The Calumet news., 1912-08-27
MUCH OIL NOW
USED AS FUEL
Railroads Using II Extensively
Production is Large

'iiNt tue ptSHfllnt ol inf Oh 'uhho -
/ try in the United States over tive and
a half billion barrels have been pro-
duced. and the total value of the a.
reckoned i'm the crudest condition al
the mouth of the well is over tive
billion dollars. More than half of this
vania West Virginia and ohio, ana all
has been produced I'm two Years over
half a century. H. the first half Of this
period nearly the entire product came
from the eastern helds bu, lately the
declining production of tLc Eastern
states has been more than compcE-
stated bN the enormous output in the
West. so that of the total product of
the United States 972,429. sos barrels
have been produced west of Miss'ssi@-
pi River. and al this time the MidcOn-
tinent and California fields are. tie
controlling influences in the oil pro-
duction of this country. If g lille ls
drawn across Ohio separatiug it's east-
ern oil areas from the Lima area md
the Lima oils are included ira the vest
ern production then the West already
exceeds the East la the total produce
The annual report Of the United
States Geological Survey un the pro
duction, of petroleum, compiled by Da
Nid r. Day. shows that for 19ll Cali
fornia rot only led in quantity of proc
uct cover $4,000. 600 barrels) hut p'O-
duced almost half as much again AZ
Oklahoma. the state second in rank.
The Mid Continent held omitted. cali
forria produced as much oi rs the
rest of the United States put together;
the United states bcirg omitted, CGii-
forria produced mere oil than anA en-
tire nation: and If Russia and Inc
United States are omitted. California
far surpassed the combined prodUctiou
of all the rest of the world. including
Mexico. India. Roumania. Galiacia, ia
pan, and South America.
The rank Of the states is easily re-
memocred when enc recognizes Cant
foTnia. Oklahoma. and Illinois as form
ing class by themselves, the lowest
ullliuOis) producing over 3O,OOo,O0"
barrels ard the three furnishing tincc-
fourths of the entire output. The see
ond group includes Louisiana West
Virginia. Texas. ohio. and PennS\!'
vania. in which Louisiana furnished Il
surprise 10y yielding tie greatest proc
uct on record for that state toveT 10,
900, 900 barrels) and passing 10 tn
head of this group. while the sight
gain from two poCis In Texas put that
state i'm advance of Ohio again. I'm
the third group. comprising indiana
Kansas. New York Kentucky ColGra-
do. wyoming. Missouri, Utah. and
Michigan. the largest state production
is less than fourth Of the lowest
in the second group. and combined
these States produced less than % per
cent Of the total.
The chances which may he pe,ted
in 1912 may advance the rank OF West
Virginia Nv the development of the
Blue Creek POOL, Kansas may change
places with Indiana, and WNom.nS
may head the third group.
Increased Use Of Fuel Oils.
The most important feature develop
cd by the oil industry of 1911 has been
the realization of a supply of fuel oil
large enough to bc rccKoncd on as {"
national asset in the production OF
power During 1910 argum snts became
convincing that fuel OIL was sufficient
ly plcntifu on the Pacific coast To
Justify great trade and marufacturlns
expansion in Calf lrnia. anil iddeed thc
adoption Of oil as fuel on the northern
trauscuntinental railroads tor stSnil' r.
cant portions of their linca and the
Introduoti tiun Of oil as fuel as lar north
as Alaska. withou, bringing the coa-
sumption up to the level of present
production. has given assurance oi
perInarency of the supply sufficient
for the Industrial needs of the whole
| Pacific slope.
The solution II the responding
problem on the Atlantic coast received
much encouragement i'm l9i1 10y the
great Development of oil supplies in
Mexico. The quantity OF oil which the
Mexican ficlds are NOW ready TO furnish
is variouSly estimated 1t 6,000,00u to
| : 900 900 barrels "a month. The total
output in 1871 was perhaps tenth
as much, the production being limited
not by supply or demand but by trdais
yortation facilities The needed tanl.
steamers are beius furnished as rap
| idly as they can be built, and moan
time the popularity which fuel oil has
obtained has already ied To a doubling
of its market price.
II sh ,uld he borne in mind. how
ever. that If there wero tank steamers
sufficient for all the oil that err now
be furnished for the east coast. the
market would probably be temporarily
oversupplied The consumers of fuci
require time for the substitution of oil
| fog coat though the many advantage.
of oil are Obvious
| Oh on Railroads.
| Railroad consumption of fuel oil is
especially popular because II gives
dded comforts in travel owing 10 tho
freedom from coal cinders. because Il
avoids the danger Of fores, fires. ami
particularly because It makes \ SAVING