Show AMERICAN PETROLEUM USED IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD the united states lights the world orld in one hundred countries colonies and islands scattered in every grand division and in every climatic section ol 01 the world american kerosene supplies light while in more than eighty countries the products of 0 our mineral oils are used in generating power or for lubrication of machinery there in operation about 1000 million gallons of american kerosene pass out of 0 the country annually to be used chiefly in lighting homes and places of business and the value of nil all classes of mineral oil sent out of the boua country million dollars a year the united states now produces produce 3 two thirds of the worlds supply of petroleum petr tr the quantity produced in the year just ended having been according to a statement recently issued by tho the geological survey over million barrels of crude oil or more than 9 billion gallons just what quantity ol cil refined oil was produced from this more than 8 billion gallons of crude oil produced in 1910 cannot now be stated but the bureau of statistics of oc the department of commerce and labor shows exports of practically a billion gallons a year of the refined illuminating mina ting oil and 11 1 billion gallons of oil of all classes including in this term illuminating oil lubricating oil naph thas and certain quantities in the crude or unrefined state what Is the value of this more than 8 billion gallons of mineral oil produced in the united states last I year earl probably million dollars though this Is necessarily an estimate what a the value of the finished article the illuminating oil the naph thas the gasoline the lubricating oil the para inn and other grades manufactured from tills this raw product this can only be estimated though the census ot of 1903 1905 shows allows the value of the products of petroleum refining in 1904 to be million dollars what is the value ot of the mineral oil exported the bureau ot of statistics shows that the total value of the mineral oil exported in 1904 was SO million dollars and in 1908 was million of which ag million was illuminating oil 19 million lubricating oil 41 4 Vs million na thas and other lighter products ot of distillation 61 63 million dollars crude oil and about 3 3 3 million dollars rest resi in 1909 and 1910 the value of the exports was slightly less than in 1908 due chiefly to a fall in export prices though the quantity also showed a slight decline in 1910 when compared with 1908 what becomes of this billion and a halt half gallons of our petroleum passing out ot of tho the country 9 it goes as already indicated to a hundred different countries colonies and islands scarcely a country in the world can be named to which it la Is not sent even russia which was for years our chief rival 1 in the worlds petroleum markets now takes considerable quantities of american killer lubricating oil made from petroleum and her asiatic possessions take also certain quantifies ses of our illuminating oil the largest customer for our illuminating oil is england to which the exports of 1910 amounted to about million gallons valued at more than 8 million dollars germany ranks second the quantity sent to that country in 1910 being about million gallons to netherlands about million gallons china about SO 80 millions japan about 45 million and even british india about 32 million gallons in fact practically every country in the v n orld receives greater or less quantities of our petroleum the list of countries to which it Is sent includes greenland iceland malta and other of the mediterranean islands the azores and madeira islands turkey in europe and asia egypt slam siam korea hongtong Hong kong the straits settlements dutch east indies french east indies french german and british oceania the islands mad italian german french portuguese british and spanish africa british danish and dutch indies haiti santo domingo the central 11 american states and every country of south america not only Is our kerosene popular in the homes of all parts of the world but american casolene ga solene exported under the general title of naphtha is furnishing power tor for motor boats automobiles to and flying machines in various sections of the world while lubricating bri cating oil exported goes to more than eighty countries and is valued at more than 20 million dollars a year |