The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1921-04-17
RUSSIAN OIL
LIES UNUSED
WORLD ASSET
United States and Mexico
Get Business Once HELD
BY Baku Field

rover l"IIN developing lNNlI NtHtNNtIfN
bulletin issued By the National Geo
nruuhiU society. "fhH Russian fields.
whore SOME biologists believe ere aiiu-
uCd tho Worries most extensive OH &C..
sources. arc 90 considerable extent
marking time hecauao of disturbed cone
ditions resuIiiua ifuh the world war.
AlthnuGh The MeNiDun Ol fields arc
pufc specie uiaf. aud though those oi
tho luitua states are now Welding in
iNn fEartEatr much more OH tine EuH-
SIAN uriiH. especially those near BHku
on The shorts of che Caspian sea have
Ions been teri near the 'front.' ir world
interest
NThe ou territory about Haiku De- uot.
,No thaf lu our own mid-cuntlncnt
NniuH whore rruiU arrw iu rith SURE
fsrs anu AVID where there were nn in-
dicafions fo ten fhe layman that faf
hriuw fne surface were pools of liquid
solo, Che ull- bearing strata reach tine
suffft Or uuiDruu over "a considerable
arne in ihc neirnbufhood ~ Bnku. and
fhr 90 and gas escaping at the surface
hnve mado thoir presence known for
Natural Gas. "Hoiy Flame
There we're nn Indications that 500
remote times either The oil or naa was
uuf Go much practical use nH modern
nNunie understand that term bat there
is little doubt that priests OF the fire.
WUrshluing rut which nUW shed ln
old perala made q good thing uut or
the phenomena. Not FAR from Heku
are The ruins ~ "a temple uf the cult
which Del believed fo have been boz eN-
IHtUrre fNf more Than 2t0u wears Tower
henconH and aiiHrF are provided with
channels concealed So the masonry
which ufmOUqirHfr fhHf uHHrflfflNU IH
not n craft az modern birth These
NHNNtiH lUd ifnm fisHufrH ln fho earth
which once furnished natural vas To
. Il. ..HH
Nfrte nf Che east as lHte na the sos ~
ifne hsf century Beside thr wniin uf
I fhr temple today stands "a modern re-
flucrt. furnishing an emphatic con-
irnHt Pm The old aud new usos OF no
ture'H gifi of OH and gas
\ "ApprociRhle production ~ petroleum
hoElu in Nussln iu 1888 -four years
I Hfcr ihe first oil weil wac brought IN
on on creek in peunHVlvHniH The
/ first year Russia turned uut little
lres thau firHe hsfrcia whlic pro-
duction in the United states WAS more
than $500 600 barrels
Russian "Fountains"
|. EARLY commercial development OF OH
in Russia WAS striltlngiy different from
me development in Nmericao. uug
wells were used. They were several
fclt HnfitfD Huu ~ depths varying from
Few feet to finy feet or more The
oil stepped iuio The bottoms OF the pits
and was hailcd ont These crude meth
odH continued fur cirht yenrH but
undcr them considerable production
lor those dhvH was maintained. ln
1870. The NfHr before the bringing in
of he first drilled well more Than
100000 barrels were moduced
1.-THE hunginF boz ni what Americans
would srp4h 0I nH the FIRST ruHhcr was
uoi n uumiNrd blessing This 'f0un
tain cor Hpoutcr.' ns auch wells uf
rNloi Dos fho iuEiieh nil men OF the
ihiu fields. was uneXuorfpd Moth
ing WINS known of the handling OF oi
fiuwr undor high pressure ht that
timp. ao the wen ram wild and could
Not Coz brought under control Most OF
the 900 WAS total loss
When later fountains were brought
in under control nothing like the pres.
cnf demand fur go existed M Europe
CARRYING facilities were poor and ths
presence of great quantities of th'
liQuil above ground dpmurHiized com.
diuona Tho Russian HoNorumeut cv.
pprlmcnled fur n number ~ years viii
monopoly regulations ANA then heHN1
taxes When fHNrr we're reduced if
ihi, lhc haku oii industry grew yer,
Carriers Fiaht Pipe Line
Before The first drilled we'll Wal
brought 800 nll uii Wue transported d,
Nnlu from the oil folds. distance o
rinht ur ten miles Boo barrels 0n aWk
ward twnr whteird fntHr carts AZ
iNNINNHN .tINAlN NI NNtnl ilNhfl HNN HNi
unHpenkHhlN bad r0ad frnm moiuini
luufl ulsht AFTER thu advent of atah.
n'a dnN lup WuH ufolpnttd ms,
rntm capucra silRrd q rios when ihI
nlHu hettmp known THE nipr linl
was rnr uofrd however. ana fhl
rNtNR nduhiFf aHl
'iroW thrn COMMERCIAL sfArf b
1852 untl thp Ouihrelh tf the Worl,
war ihu RuHaiun 900 folds were 500
J und ln Wndurtiou except for "a fey
Ncars when thev nHfutd thp inlfc,
.tAfrH when Russian production
traNhri f0 uHO 900 nHrrrls iu Ihs4 tn
nifad ufea Wua nrudurne 600 GOO
iu lsHs ihr output frum RUSSIAN ueld
unHHDd fhlf Unm Tho tnund HIulta
fUuiH UlH Nuu a1 tho attrIa ,bh.
1864 0OO in 1900. wilton Nussiau pro
Question hrsrhrd ila highest figure
100000 barrels DO WuH well ahead %
that tcara Production in thp Unite.
States $50 pDn. 900 hHrrls Hut th
vtf' nvvt frl thr uifud states jump
ui tn SIS 900 Nnu. while Russia advance,
fH uHtN 80 uun. 900 The lead uf fh
United states hAe Increased atrndii'
Hlroe fhHi Nmr
ln lH banner Neir l9ni Russn
produced tttlp fnurr than hair d
lhr output lf petroleum Zoo lho entire
world fur iiHf fpnr Tho prodnctinn ID
| thr NniipN states vas not much unde
@ hAlf AVID over 20 nrr cont of an
world. UIN UU.HIts HFTftt fIts4 fss4t ...tttt