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Show Wnere Where uoes toes me lne one W woria\Get woria Get 01"1U 011U uriu " \ Get Its Supplyof Supply jof of Oil ? Three Nations Control Output Out Out- Output Output - - put of Industries Industries'Lifeblood IndustriesLifeblood ' Lifeblood . , Discussion of oil 011 embargoes embnrgoes Inconnection In Inconnection connection with the Italo-EthloplnD Italo EthloplnD Italo.Ethloplan ItaloEthloplan Italo-EthlopInnwar Italo EthlopInnwar ItaloEthloplnDwar Italo.Ethloplanwar - - . war raises mlses the question ' ' 'Wheredoes Wheredoes ' Wherp 1Vhere Wherp110es 1Vheredoes 110es does the tho world worM get its It * . oil oll ? " Petro I'etro- I'etro Ietro I'etroleum I'etroleum ' Petroleum ' - - leum deposits tiavo have been found In Inevery Inevery Inevery every continent except ercept : Antarctlcn Antarctica Antarcticabut Antarctlcnbat Antarcticabut bat but well wcll-dcflned wcll dcflned well-defined well defined - - defined pools are wldel1 widely widelyscattered widelyscattered scattereCl scattered Actually Actunlly , a very yery few nn on ontions natlons tlons tions control the supply of this 11ft life lifeblood lifeMood ' hlooCl blood of modem modern industryThree Industry Three " . .Three Three rhree . countries produce about In 81 . 81per 81per per cent of the worlds world a petroleum petroleumoutput petroleumoutput petroleumoutput output , . . " KISS S'Y8 SY8 slys ' the National GcoTaph Geograph GeographIc GcoTaphI Geographie ! ; I ie society . , 'These These ' are the tho United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States Soviet riussia fiussla Russia and nnd nnd"euezueln \"euezueln "euezueln euezueln Venezuela \ " VenezuelaIt "euezuelnIt Venezuelaif It if . all 11.11 1111 three should cut olt orr oft their 011 oil 011suppllcs oilsupplies oilsupplies suppllcs supplies many steamships . , trucl.e trucle trucks trucl.eautomobiles trucksautomobiles trucksautomobiles . automobiles , armored tanks . , , aIr aIrplAnes airplanes airplanes plAnes and railroads rnllroaCls all al1 over the theworld theworld theworld world would be stopped , , as well na naindustries nsIndustries 'I I ' 'IInl1ustrles Inl1ustrles industries depending depenl1lng on oil 011 for fuelor fut'lor fuel fut'l futl ' | or lubrication lubrlcatlon Urent Grent treat ( Britain Drltnln 13ritaln throu throuyb throuybher throughher , h hher her control of ot distribution of ot oil 011 pro pro- produced produced produced - duced In her dominions and colonies coloniesand coloniesand coloniesand and In many other countries , also 1'1a Isa Is 1'1 11 Isa ' a po powerful " erCul factor In the world worlds S oil 011 011situation oilsituation oilItuatlon Ituatlon situation Italy Produces Produces"A Little 011A "A A -A " - general eneral oil 011 embargo wouM would wouMpractlcnllY wouldpractically wouldpractically practlcnllY practically threaten threnten Italy's Italys Ualy's Ualys ' motora motors motoralth motorswith motorswith \\lth lth with \ starvation stanaUon for tor Italy . In 1n the en entire entire entire tire year of 1031 ID3t 1931 , produced only all as asi asmuch allmuch asmuch i much ) oil 1)11 111 as the tho United States does doesin doesIn 111 in about Jlbout two hours"Almost hours"Almost hours hours"Almost "Almost Almost " 11 09 93 : ) per cent of the worlds worldsoil world 8 soil 011 oil comes from only twelve twelvo 'oun oun coun 'ountrIes countries ( ' countries trIes . . Italy Is but one of ot the many manynations manynations manynations nations which would have havo to com corn comblne cornblne cornbine blne their petroleum resources to tomake tomake tomake make up the other 1 per cent'Whll cent cent'While 'While While 'Whll Whll 1Vitile ' ( ' the three loading leadIng nations nationsare nationsare nationsare are miking m11.lng m11lng mlking . production history by bytheir bytheir bytheir their thundering progre lrogre progress ) s < ; , a alonthp along alon/ alon / : thp tha thaoil theoil 011 oil trail troll , four tour others toll follow ow them In Ina ina Ina a group , although many mnny laps Inps behind - -fiumanla fiumanla -Rumania Rumania - Rumania Iran ( Persia ) , ] rietherlands , ether etherlands etherlands lands In Indies les and nnd Mexico Almost Almostneck Almostneck Almostneck I neck and nnd neck five more toll follow followalong followalong ow owalonr alonr along : Colombia , Argentina Peru Perulnd'a Perulad'a PeruInd'a PeruInda lnd'a lnda lad'a lada ' and Trinidad Trlndad ) , which protjucc produce protjuccless produceless producelees less than thon 1 per cent of o1 the tho worlds worldsannual world IS ISannual aannual annual output eachOil eachOil each eachOil Oil Also Found Under Water . , "The The " distribution of ot Ntroleum petroleum Ntroleumspems petroleumseems petroleumseems spems seems t to l < show sbow a Blight slight preference preferencefor preferencefor for the western hemisphere hemlcphere ; and for forthe forthe forthe the northern side 9t tkt ? f the equator equatorNevertheless equatorNevertheless equatorNevertheless Nevertheless It Is found tound In surh such surhextremes suchextremes suchextremes extremes as os Iraq Iroq where Iron musclpd muscled musclpdIturds muscledKurds muscledKurds Iturds Kurds work In July Jllly heat heot at 1JS 1.1:1 1.11 111 1.8 18 . . : de d- d dgrccs degrees ( " - grees grccs greet In the Bhnde shl\de shl de shade \ and north of ofPoInt ofPoint ofPoint PoInt Barrow Borrow In Alaska where froz trot troten frozen . en clods elods of ot oil 011 soaked earth eartb arc arcburnel arcburned arcburned burnel burned ( as a substitute substlrote substltnte for coal conI ' Water , as liS well wen as ns earth , . mav may lie lieabo lieabove lieabove abo\ abo aboe above \ e petroleum \ % Venezuela's Venezuelas enezuela's enezuelas ' Lnl.o Lnlo Lake Lnl.oMnracalbo LakeMaracaibo LakeMaracalbo . Mnracalbo Maracaibo blackIth black \ with \\Ith Ith pith oil 011 Is studded studdedwith studdedwith studdedwith with derricks which workmen "orl.mPD orl.mPD orlmPD workmrn " . reach reachby rcacliby Iby by bridges of narrow planks fromthe from fromthe fromthe the shore , and Is 6upcn supervised superslsed Ised from II a IIflontlng afloating afloating flontlng floating camp on a barge The Summerland Sum Summerlanl1 Summerland merlanl1 merland field geld of ot Santa Barbira Barbra , coun county county county ty California extends e'tlends etlends ectends ' beyond theshoreline the the6horellne theshoreline 6horellne shoreline of the Pacific Paclnc , so that der derricks derricks derricks ricks wade Into the ocean to drawup drawup draw drawup up oil 011 from trom several severnl hundred hundrt'd hundrtd ' teet feet teetbelow feetbelow feetbelow below sea SC level I ' , The United States leads the world worldIn worldIn worldIn In oil 011 production Ilecently neCtnt1y Recently ! a dla dia dlamond diamood diamond mond mood Jubilee marked the Industry s a aseventy sseventy Bseventy seventy fifth anniversary 8nnlverlrory since Lot LotCdwln Lol.Edwin LolEdwin . Cdwln Bdwln Drake sank the country I s firstnil first firstnil Brstoil nil w I 1 70 feet Into the rich rlcb Appa AppaInchllD Appalachlan Appalachlan InchllD lachlan : field at Titusvlllc Titusville Titusvllle Pa Oil 011 isstill Is Isstili Isstill stili still produced In Pennsylvania I'ennsylvanla Iennsylvanla Pennsylvaniaa ' . , f-6pe- f 6pe nape f6pedally napedally ' fspe'dally fspedally - - ' dally for the manufacture mnnufacture of lubrl lubrlcants lubrlcants lubricants 'Texas Texas ' cants . . Texas Fields Date From 1901 . , 'In In ' In 1n 1001 1901 the rich 'Jens Jens Texas ' Texas oil 011 fieldswere fields fieldswere fleldawere were brought In , starting a hranc branch branchof branc'iof branciof ' ! ' of the Industry Inl1ustry w \ which hlch In 1134 10 M H produced pro produccd luced duced < $3C 3C $ $30000000 30000000 $ 000 000 worth of ot oil 011 . , more morethm morethan morethan thm than : the combined combIner . ! production proructlon . ! of ot the thetwo thetwo thetwo two next richest areas Oklahoma Oklahomaand Oklahomaand and California Call10rnla The Tbe latest spcctac spt'ctac sptctac spectac ' 1 L iduu 141J1i 1d11N jUU 1.UIL 1UIL t . < . uL ! cua Cwt cua- cua cuawuicu ' > - > 1 . i ( . wuicu WLildti w IIlcb . d dproduction dproduction diproduction production In 10J1 13JS lOSI One Oneestimates Oneestimates Oneestimates estimates that the United M Sta Staready htalready reary ready . ! producing produclng bl W per centworld centworld cent iworld world s oil 0) 0 ) from trom Its Us two mlllloll million mllllollof millionof icllllontof of oil 011 field Colds fields . * , actuall actually : , has more morea morea morela a billion bl1llon acres untouched ' runnIng seco bovlet Soviet nl1 Ru Rugovernment nl1government government cOllt coat sccoi sccoibovlet d 011 oil produc produe produerose " rose In 11 1931 1 _ > 3 j h to 000 ouo UOO uW barrel bane & . , ] v/lth v lth with / acres ncres and fieras baea acres of oil 011 sccparea seepage sccpareaundeveloped seepageundeveloped eccpaeeundeveloped * undeveloped or even nen eten unprospected unprospeded unprospecthtl . . , ' Vcncyuela Venc7uela Vencyuela I t lecps eeps third thlrCl placea place ( a gait gnlt which la Is fltnaiing amazlno amazing ; to III in rte viewthe view " , * the Ihe fact tact that commercial comnerclal co mllJerclnI , predueUabegan prl'dul'tJo prldultJo predueUa prl'dul'tJobo"In preducUolbegan ' ' bo"I\n bo"I boI n began . ' " \ thero there less than lbaa twenty twent1 Jea yeai Jeaa yeaiago yeartago ago a o . . I Ictroleum etroleum coa1Urt consun.tes consuntes conaUn.tes conaUntes . . ten 7 75 73 pet petcent pe pecent pncent cent of the country s 8 exports . . nu numania Rl Rlmania Rumania mania ba.qIn taking tal.lno tallno . ; fourth fourtb PlaC place frgg o , . , ba.q baq Ira Irain . y In 1034 IV34 1031 . , still stiU has manyareas many mall1 mareas 1.4 14 1.4areas ' . areas . . |
