ALL OTHER
COUNTRIES
100,000,000
hls

649

U. S. RUSSIA. MEXICO
7.200,000,000 2000000000 1000,000,000
bbls. bbls. bbls.
1000,000,000 bbls.
—
2000,000000 bbls.
—~—
3000.000.000 bbls.
5000.000,000 bbls.

1857-1896
1897 -1903
1904-1913
1914 -1923
1857-1923

11.200.000.000 bbls.

UNITED STATES HAS PRODUCED 64% OF TOTAL
WORLD PETROLEUM OUTPUT

Since the first recorded petroleum production, over 11.000,000,000 barrels of petroleum
aave been taken from the earth.

The United States has produced by far the greatest quantity, a total of over 7,000,000,000
oarrels, or 64 per cent of the total. Russia ranks second with 2,000,000,000 barrels, or 18 per
tent and Mexico third with 1,000,000,000 barrels, or 9 per cent. The three countries combined
account for 91 ner cent af the entire world’s nrodnetion.—Nil & Gas Journal