Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-14
NEW RECORD IN
CALIFORNIAOIL
OUTPUT IN 1921
Figures Show Total For Year
Close to 114,0O0,OO0,000
Barrels.
GREAT. GAIN OVER 1920

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14.-During the
year just closed California established
lAew record in the production of crude
Ssetroleum. According to estimates pre-
pared by R. E. COLON, State oil and gas
supervisor, California production for the
year 1921 will be close to 100000 bar
rels. This production exceeds that of
1920 by over 100000 barrels. It is the
greatest quantity Of oil yet produced in
a single year in California. CALIFORNIA;
production record for 1921 will exceed
that OF any other oil-prOducing State.
In the face Of the greatest production
in the States history the oil business in
California has remained fairly steady,
although the local over-productiOn, gen
eraI industrial depression and a sym.
pathetic adjustment to the slump in East
ern oil fields caused two drops In the
price Of crude at the we'll, during the
year. However the oil business in Cali
fornia was not subjected to the violent
fluctuations which affected the industry
elsewhere in the United States. 1t is
probable that the existing price of crude
oil, at the wei, viii be increased in 1922.
BIG MONTHLY
OUTPUT FOR STATE.
California entered the year 1921 with
available stored oil reduced to a mini
mum and the oil business exerting itself
to increase production to a pace in keep
ing with the indicated demands for 1920
However, there came 4 curtailment in
demands for petroleum, and early in 1921
marketing companies started running
part of the crude oil into storage For
averaged 10lG0 000 barrels per month.
q Early in 1871 the State oil and gas
supervisor predicted a production Of
over 100, C00C00 larrels for 1921. These
figures were not met, however, because
of the oil workers strike in the San
Joaquin Valley fields during part Of the
month Of September and all of October.
which retarded producing operations to
the extent Of leaving over 100000 bar
rels Of oil in the ground which, under
normal activity, would have been pro-
duced and run into storage The San
Joaquin Valley oil fields produced 50 per
cent of their normal output during the
strike. The Elk Hills oil field, which
early in 1921 was producing as much oil
as the combined production Of Coaliuga,
Belridge and Lost Hills produced al
most to fun capacity, during the strike.
OUTPUT 1OA5OISI
BARRELS IN MAY.
The maximum monthly production for
California in 1921 was reached during
May. The production was 1880 I31 bar
rels. During May forty-tv wells III
+he Elk Hills produced l.794156 barrels
Of oil, that is. less than one-half of one
I per cent OF the ofl wells Of California
produced II per cent Of its oil.
In District No. 1, which Includes
among others. Los Angeles and Orange
Counties, the production was consid-
erably increased during the year by
he discovery Of several new fields and
the unusual develop ment Of such fields
as Huntington Beach. Shell Company Of
California contributed the Long Beach
oil field by bringing in a well on Signal
Hill Union OIL Company OF California
greatly extended the productive. area at
santa Fe Springs.