Show I GAS AND OIL oL oLM ML M SHORTAGES ARE PREDICTED When the nation nations nation's g domestic fuel oil users turn on the heat beat next fall they will wID probably hear that fuel and oil oU supplies are tight Last fortnight felt the first peacetime Ume shortage of fuel oil ever experienced on the Pacific coast Oil men blame It Iton iton on the west's west up stepped Indus isi ind trial pace They predict tighter righter gas and oil supplies for other re re- re regions gions in coming months In is spite of the fact that national crude oil oU production recently rose to 10 five million barrels b els daily dally an all all- time Ume record while the oil Indus Industry try was trying to keep refining operations operations at capacity to avert a shortage of gas this summer and heating oil all next newt winter strikes at five oil oU refineries were cost cost- costing costing ing the nation more than barrels of petroleum products a aday aday day Up to May 6 8 the total loss due strikes barrels in to strikes terms of crude runs to stills tills was equivalent to these three items combined I 1 1 million gallons of gas or 2 billion miles mUes of auto drive ing Ing 72 72 miles for lor every auto in InU InU US U S 2 2 million gallons of dis die fuels enough to heat 70 70 average size homes for a season 3 3 60 SO million gallons of residual resi resi- residual dual fuel which might have been used by industry to maintain full operation |