Show p regressive sive 1 adust ry there has haa been a lot ot of loose talk about exhaustion exhaust ioa of 0 our oll supplies most of this originated with the idea of in some manner forcing the goi government into the oil business just how this would increase the supply ay iy of petroleum was never explained it may tw be possible to estimate with some degree or of accuracy how many years it willbe will be before an existing ou oil well ivell will cea cea seto seto pro produce duce but as only a small part of the earths surface has been drilled tor for oil it takes a good imagination to bay that oil will become a thing of the patt past in any certain number of 0 years As a matter OF 0 fact the th petroleum industry Is constantly procuring more gasoline from each barrel ot of oil by new an and d advanced processes in in refining better storage aneth methods ot of both crude and re refined fin products are constantly being installed wa waste st in drilling Is being eliminated la in every manner possible consolidation of smaller oil companies luto into larger working units unit will prevent wasteful and necessary unnecessary un drilling when new oil fields are discovered mo more re natural gas Is being utilized for the manufacture of gasoline probably no industry in the world Is lolus as ag much as oil to utilize to the fullest extent a natural resource which must be made available tor for public use by costly exploration development manufacturing and the tha transportation processes |