Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-18 | Page 8 | California Largest Producer

CALIFORNIA LARGEST PRODUCER California heads the list" of producers pro-ducers In 1910 with 73.010.5G0 bar-rols bar-rols of oil, an Increase of 17,538,959 barrels over the production In 1909. This output is more than twlco as great as that of Pennsylvania for any one year, and is greater than that of any foreign country, In fact, the production pro-duction of petroleum In California and Oklahoma combined is practically equal to tho entire foreign production The average price per barrol of California Cal-ifornia oil in 1910 was 49 centB, the total value- being 135,749,473. The 1909 price was 55.4 cents. Tho Increased In-creased use of fuel oil in 1910 over 1909 more than 23 per cent was due larely to California's energy in pushing the sales to the Northwestern Northwest-ern railroads. The second among tho oil-producing states in 1910 was Oklahoma, with a production of 52.028.71S barrels, valued nt $19,922.,0, a healthy increase in-crease from 1909 in both production and valuo. The third largest producer In 1910 was Illinois, tho production being 33,-143,632 33,-143,632 bnrrelB. valuod at ?19,6G9,-3S3, ?19,6G9,-3S3, against 30,898.339 barrels, valued at S19.788.S64, in 109 Other heavy producers in 1910 were West Virginia, 11,751.871 barrolsjrvalued at $15,720.-1S1; $15,720.-1S1; Ohio, 9,916j370 barrels, valued at $10,G51,5GS; Texas S.S99.26G barrels, bar-rels, valued at ICC05.756; Pennsyl-. vanin, S.794.662 barrels, valued at $11 -908.911; and "Louisiana, 6,841,395 barrels, bar-rels, valued at $3,574,069. Louisiana's production has been notable, no-table, tho Increaso over that for 1909 having been 123 per cent as a result of the development of tho new gushers gush-ers is the Caddo field. Geological Survey. - i . on