. Bulletin - United States National Museum . ntof Departmental Reports on H. R. 3232 and S. 2812, House Committee on the PublicLands, 1918, sums up to 1,908,750 barrels, over twice the daily production of thecountry. * A very important feature under present conditions, bringing up an obvious com-parison with coal, which needs a like emancipation, at least In part. (See Bulletin 102of this series, Parts 1 and 3.) 44 BULLETIN 102, VOL. 1, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. itself; and by stretching out to meet a growing area of exploitationit has unified widely separated fields and enabled productio
. Bulletin - United States National Museum . ntof Departmental Reports on H. R. 3232 and S. 2812, House Committee on the PublicLands, 1918, sums up to 1,908,750 barrels, over twice the daily production of thecountry. * A very important feature under present conditions, bringing up an obvious com-parison with coal, which needs a like emancipation, at least In part. (See Bulletin 102of this series, Parts 1 and 3.) 44 BULLETIN 102, VOL. 1, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. itself; and by stretching out to meet a growing area of exploitationit has unified widely separated fields and enabled production togrow to its present imposing size. The pipe line has woven thescattered strands of adventurous exploration into a steady flow ofbulk raw material. (See fig. 5.) Some crude petroleum is transported in tank cars, but most of the60,000 ^ tank cars in operation in this country are engaged in movingpetroleum products—gasoline, kerosene, and fuel oil chiefly. Fortransportation by sea, steel tankers and towing barges, fitted with Pkoouct/oaj. Pictorial Diagpam Crupe Oil Inpustry Fig. 5.—Diagram of the crude petroleum industry. From Report of the Com-mittee ox Petroleum, California State Council of Defense. noncommunicating compartments, are employed for both crude pe-troleum and its bulk products. The development of the tank steamerhas been an important factor in building up an important foreigntrade in petroleum products, is responsible for a considerable coast-wise movement of crude and fuel oil,^ and has opened the oil fieldsof Mexico to the United States and other markets. refining. Crude petroleum may be burned as fuel and nearly a fifth of thedomestic consumption is utilized in this way.^ But most of the petro-leum is manufactured into a series of products which have wider 1 Approximate number. 2 The tanker is the only commercial rival to the pipe line; movements of oil from theGulf to North Atlantic ports, therefore, normally go coastwise Instead of overland. 3 A small
Size: 1929px × 1296px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorun, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectscience
