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Show oil jperc Rockefeller Company Will Resume Shipments to Central Empire. Standard Oil company of New Jersey will shortly resume active business with Germany through Its former subsidiary, Deutsche-Amerlkanische Petroleum company. com-pany. A fleet of tank steamers will arrive ar-rive In this country from Germany the last of September for a cargo of bulk petrol. pe-trol. -um products. Ships will be loaded at Standard's Bay-on Bay-on ne plant with a diversified cargo, including- gasoline, kerosene, lubricants and other petroleum products. Theso aro the first tankers to arrive in this country from Germany since lal4. Undoubtedly the. New Jersey company in the near future wilt put some of its tank-I tank-I rs into service between New York and Germany. Germany Is In great need of petroleum products of every description, especially lubricating oils. Estimates made by oil men a lew months ago placed her need the next year at 600,000 tons of lubricants and 600,000 tons of other products. Germany has always been a great user of American oil products, the largest year's imports of kerosene having- been In 1110, 151,890,625 gallons, valued at $7,7u5,108. Her use of lubricants was constantly con-stantly on the Increase, prior to the war, and in lt'13 she Imported 26,418.269 gallons, valued at $3,609,465. Through its long experience In German territory, Standard Oil of New Jersey ia probably better equipped than any other oil organization to handle this business. Prior to the war It was one of the largest marketers of petroleum products in the central empire, and will undoubtedly bend all efforts to re-establish his trade position. |