The story of Pittsburgh: Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two

Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two (Vol. 1, nr. 11)

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

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Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623528

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-239829

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Title:: Petroleum and natural gas : in two parts, part two

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 11

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1924

Scope:: [ca. 38] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Petroleum and Natural Gas

Collection:: Economics Books

miles away. Eighty per cent of the crude oil is refined in the Pittsburgh area, $330,000,000 is invested in property, and 15.000 men are employed in the local field.” It is estimated, according to a recent article in the Oil and Gas Journal, that 200,000 homes, including apartment houses and other buildings used for housing, such as hos- pitals, burned oil for heat last winter, and that in the coming winter probably 250,000 houses will be burning oil. This circumstance is not of great importance in Pittsburgh and surrounding territory, where natural gas is largely used for fuel, but to the petroleum industry this use of oil is of great importance. Figuring 3,000 gallons as the average quantity of oil used by these homes over the winter, the next season’s requirements will total some 750,000,000 gallons. Present tank installation with oil burning equipment is recognized as being, on the average, too small. For private dwellings the average tank is probably no more than 150 gallons capacity, while some of the larger homes have tanks of 500 to 1000 gallons capacity. These larger receptacles city dwellings would find it difficult to obtain space for, while in suburbs thev could be easily installed. The advantages of natural gas are enjoyed by the people of 23 States, but its use on a large scale is limited to only 10, namely: Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Okla- homa, Texas, California, Louisiana, Kentucky, Arkansas and Wyoming. Out of a total of more than 3,000,000 con- sumers of natural gas, more than 1,500,000 live in two States —Pennsylvania and Ohio. The consumption of natural gas is the largest in our own State, while Ohio has the largest aumber of consumers. The United States Geological Survey says that Pennsylvania consumes 130,733,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas in a year, while Ohio consumes 116,127,000,- 000 cubic feet. The number of consumers in our State is approximately 550,000, but much gas is used in industrial and manufacturing plants. Ohio has almost 1,000,000 natural gas consumers. Our own State produces 101,276,- 000,000 cubic feet of natural gas a year, and Ohio produces 51,481,000,000 cubic feet. West Virginia is the State which produces the largest quantity of gas, its annual output

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