The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
/ S. Will Export
Nearly 2 Billion
Gallons of Oil

WASHINGTON. dan. 1Ie--That the
United States during the twelve
knenths Of the current year VIII export
Nh less than 1,seo. s0o.e eco gallons of
D<relesua and petroleum distillsles IL
the announoement OK the statssttsians
6x tfae departua ent OF commerce and
3xepr. The huge quantity Il equally
4fvfded over tho whole year, would
Mmount to daily shipping abroad
uf s,600.oee gallons Of oils, valued at
Abous s1se, 0e9 .00H. or at the rate Of
Ghout one-thira 80 million dollars
per day, In amount THE Is equal 20
hiYnoss one-nfth Of tho total petroleum
rroduction of the United States dur
ling 1911, and over = per cent 81 the
Wo-id's production for 1911.
Hair y century has elapsed since
xnc first statistical mention was made
nf oil exports In the year Of 1859.
Mllen the value % the total oil ex-
pprts, Including both crude and re-
Enad, was about s1S0Q.00 BY 1874
4he exportation had risen 30 7f,00o,-
Ne0; In 1882, ISL, 0Q0,o 0Q, In 1892,
4s5, zoe. geo; in 1899, s52,ooo,oeo. and
bin the fiscal year 1872, $4,000, GOO,
whfle ia thu calendar year 1919 the
&ptal Will approximate $4,000, geo.
The total value II the mineral oils ex-
ported in the half century since the
export movement began is almost S.
&@0n, 900 goo. and the total during the
last decade nearly $1,000, 600, ooo.
Ninety-fve per cent Of this eNporta-
Mon. measured by value. goes In the
mannfactured form. The latest re-
ports Of the department OF commerce
and labor show for the eight months
ended with August 1911, sSl, 00,ooo
= \. 4 IA 4 N IA
Was Illuminating all. $4,000 900 III
hricsting and heavy paraffin oil, tf3,-
kpDo. 0eo0 easolene and other light
products OF diSttllat'ou- t4.60o, 600
rrude oil, and between 100000 and
ff4,eoo,o O9 gas and :uei oil.
ID The distribution of mineral oil ex-
0rts extends oyer s. wider area than
crhaps any ether single article Of ex-
prtation. The countries and colonies
which II j. exported exceed eighty
number. Europe is by far the larg-
II customer. talking a little more
IAN one~half of the Illuminating oil.
Iree-fourths Of the ipbricating, and
Ier e-half cf the gasoline and
bphthas exported. while North
snerica tchiefy Canada, Mexico,
Enafna and cuba takes about two
Iirda Of crude petroleum exported.
OF fhe more than 1000 00o 900 gal
as uf illuminating oil exported in the
peal year 1919. me United King
sm took Is5.0ee, 00u; Japan. 100, o0o,
po: German, $4,000 600 China, as
10000. and British India, $1,000.
20 gallons NJ the 202. goo. 000 gal
ns of luoricating on exported in that
var, $4,000, oGo gallons were sent 20
IL United Kingdom. 26,500,00o 10
rance and 4,090. 600 gallons to Ger
amy OF the f7l000. goo gallons Of
lsoIine. naphthas and other lighter
Eodacts Of distiuatjou exported in
~. $4,000, Gee went 10 Canada, ~
G % 10 The United kingdom and
700. 0h0 10 Germany OF The $685.
20. 900 gallons Of crude mineral oils
rported. $500. coo went to Canada
zoe, 600 10 France 28.000. 900 70
anama and 33,000,o0e to Mexico.
The petroleum production Of the
ntted States made its highest rec
@rd in 1911. s,25o, 0oo.0o gallons,
AEainsf a little less than 5000, 600 eco
MILLIONS in Ie1. decade earlier, o.
@se.o0 300 gallons in 1871. little
more than 1000. oo0. zoe gallons in
5ssf, e1soe0 0Qe gallons. fri 1871. and
3a, 100000 gallons in 1851, The United
States now produces practically two
shirds OF the petroleum Of the world
the share in 1910. according TO an
Excepted authority, having been 81 per
eErt- against IS per cent in 1900.