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Show USE OF OIL QN ISUHDBBOWS English SyndicatcR Search Earth Over for Power-Creating Power-Creating Fluid. firr-at Tiritnin is looking forward to hi;,' iiirri'iu.o in tlm m-.o of oil. With tlio ri'luru of Iho inttinii to n pfii'"e liahin, il is cxpiM'tO'I tin- tihc of nut umijljilus, farm traclorrf ami all kimlrt of inu cliiiuTy will ilcvrlop, roijuirin ;rciitly incrt'iicii iMiiplii',s of Itolli finl ami hi-hrit-at nijf oil, in mid it ion tu what Ihn Hritihli flr.'t, will rM(iuro( hUVH tlio Hoh tun Ni'WN Muri'iiu. At picnt'til (iroat liritain u-ch about "() n-r r.uit of thti fu. l oil that, n ov-portod ov-portod Ijv tlio Cnitiil Htuttis, as widl as .'). piT ci'iit ftf llio ia.nlinn ami 'J 4 per cut of tin kerosene Imports of oil in If IS amounted to no. re than .'lO.fMtO.faitl barrel-,, ajiirict. onlv uhotit l(,(iOt),0(Mj harrtdM in 'i:i. 'i'liib traiti, while a direct di-rect re-oilt of war requirements, will be liiaintaini'il to a laro i-xteiit, aecordm to Mnti.sli oil men. W In lo Hntuin depend largely on thin I'oiintrv for her present oil needs, British Brit-ish interest! urn Hetivc in se.-kintr other soureeM of Mipply. Ari-Io I'erhian Oil ooitipanv is iietixele deeloplli the I'er-Minn I'er-Minn ml firhN, from whieh a tar'e supply sup-ply if, expected to be obtained. fieo-loicjil fieo-loicjil l'ormationu ure favorable in four different distrii-ts in that eountry, one of whir'i in provt-d and ronnider'iblo production i b-in obtained. 'l"he lint ish government ih uiHi'-rrtood to have a lart'e interest in thih company. h in nil quantities c nil have be'n found in 1 'er by shire. Ha rn:, toft well is now flowing' al from five to tea barrels daily, and in expected to be put on t he pum p. Cnited State, nt pro-Mit in supplying the bulk of the world's oil require-men, require-men, -is a reMilt of interruption of work in Ktironean and other foreign fields during tiie war. 'hilc efforts ure bein made to bring all ihef-c fi'dds back lo their former rate of production, it will lake yearn in many cases. As a result, new iields are beinjj sought 'out in ever" part of the world, and tli' British are especially active in this connection. In developing i'er-Man, i'er-Man, Un-Man, Kuuianian, (Jalieian und South American fields, however, oil men point out that a lare amount of: ocean tonnage will h needed in bring- i ing the oil to the consuming centers. |