The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-23
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Eleven Million Barrels Per 3 =
ID. 81. Month Are Produced in "
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CONDITION is FAR
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Estimated That Fields / Will
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CONDITION is FAR
t@ss BETTER THAN EVER
(By Ralph H. Turner)

(By Ralph H. Turner)
UNITED Press Correspondent
City of Mexico, July Is. (By Mail,)
There is an odd paradox about the
Mexican oil ssituation which today is
being especially we'll illustrated.
This paradox exists because there
are two phases to the problem" of
Mexican oil, first, the angle Of politi-
cal pickering which is carried on In
Mexico city between emissaries Of
the American oil companies, and the
Mexican government; second. the
business of producing and transport
ing the oil in the rich Tamptco dis
The. first, phase today offers the
spectacle of. a deadlock between the
oil ENJOYS In; Mexico City and the
government officials. After q series
Of conferences in which demands
and "ultimatums'' were said to have
figured prominently the settlement of
the oil controversy in its legal and
political aspects, is just as remote
az it was under the Carranza regime.
But in contrast to this situation,
which would seem to indicate that
petroleum affairs were in very bad
way, the men who actively produce
the oil in Tampico fields have just
established a record for petroleum
shipments of more than eleven mill
lion barrels a month.
So whatever the merits of the
American oil mems contentious, the
fact remains that today the produc-
ing and exporting end of the Mexican
oil industry is in a more flourishing
condition than at any previous per-
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During May, the last month for
which official figures are available,
twenty companies shipped ! 1,2O0,123
barrels Of crude petroleum and it's
products from the ports of Tampico,
Tuxpam and Port Lobos. This is
the greatest amount Of petroleum
ever exported from Mexico. The
former record, established in March,
was exceeded by nearly one, million
barrels. Leading the list in Mays
record exports was the Huasteca
Petroleum company. controlled by
p. L. Doheny of Los Angeles. Ell
Aguila, - the big British company,
ranked second with the Standard Oil
company Of New Jersey thirds I, :, |
With production continuing at the
rate which has been set today, it is
estimated that r, Mexican fields will
produce this year a total of 14O,-
600, 900 barrels, as against SO million
in 1919. These figures record the
growth of the Mexican
oil industry, despite all the charges
and counter-charges which are made
with regard to Article ~ Of the con-
stitution, taxation and other subjects
which have provided International
controversy for the past three years.
Increased shipments abroad have
been made possible by the laying Of I
new pipe lines and the establishment |
of other facilities for getting the oil T
to seaboard. Production, however, is
xtill in, excess of, the capacity for |,
it., Mexican experts declare
that the petroleum production for
1920 would equal ione-third qof the
entire world, output lit is now esti-
mated at one-fifth-were. there adel
qnate facilities for shipping the oil
There are neither enough tank steam
ers nor pipe lines aAtn the present
time tits said there are pipe lire ;
facilities for moving 220 million bars
rels annually and enough tankers7 in
trade with Mexico to carry away
about $50 million barrels annually:
i According to- Roberto Pesqueira,
financial agent for the Unit
ed States and general adviser to the
provisional government;r.5- +
a ':One.ffth Of all the tankers in the {
world are operating in and out Of
Mexican ports, but II the combined;
tank fleets Of The various, maritime
countries were placed in K; Mexican
service, the productive capacity Of
the Mexican fields, supplemented by
some additional pipe lines, would be
easily equal to the demand upon
them. A. few additional pipe lines
would ensure full cargoes' for the
tankers 1865 days Of the year
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