Show CRUDE PETROLEUM IN 1916 preliminary estimates by john D northrop of the united states geological survey department of the interior indicates that thai the quantity of crude petroleum produced and marketed in the oil fields of tile united states in 1916 was barrels this quantity is greater by 4 per cent than tile me corresponding output in 1915 which reached tile the record breaking total of barrels mr northrop estimates that 38 per cent of the 1916 total came from tile the okra okla homa kansas field 30 per cent from california fo rilia and the remaining 32 per cent from tile appalachian lima indiana illinois north texas north louisiana gulf coast and rocky mountain fields |