Hammond Times, Volume 11, Number 181, Hammond, Lake County, 19 January 1917 — Page 10

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?T1ir. petroleum problem la setting the world aog! Such a drastlo measure as 3? Federal conservation of the crude oil supply of this country Is urged by those who are at the head ot the petroleum Industry and awake to the seriousness of the situation. The operation of upward of 2.500.000 automobiles In the United States consuming upward of SO. 000, 000 bnrrels of gasoline a year is the great factor which is causing the rapid exhaustion of the oil supply. It is posible to see from statistics assembled In regard to the future extent of oil production In this country and from commercial estimates of the annual consumption of fuel and lubricating oils in the years to come that the source cf petroleum may be exhausted within the lifetime of one of Uncle Barn's citizens! Should this occur, and It will, unless a kindly providence Intervenes, behold the havoc that will be wron&ht upon the face of the earth. When the last pool of oil Is consumed, llsthts

cease to whirr; automobile? and motor trucks will lie Idle; all ships will lie at anchor In short, the very backbone cf civilization will snap and break. Petroleum experts are painting dreary pictures of an oilles future and they go so far as to state that their pictures will shortly be true to Ufa unless the Government takes a hand in the eanie and dictates a few radical measures. So Uncle Sam is netting his experts to work to find a solution for the Impending trasrrdy. The Geological Survey has computed estimates that cover our possible future supply of petroleum from the oU-beariny area. The survey announces the startling news that the supply Is only sufficient to last from twenty-seven to thirty years at the present rate of consumption; It Is admitted that these figures do not tell the whole story, as the rate of consumption is bound to increase as the years go by and the automobile output enlarges. The Bureau of Mines is now engaged upon a special ln-

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and the increasirg dors-.and a!!, with the purpose of assuring a future supply of gr.roiine to the public at most reasonable prices. It is also prepurln-j srascllne specifications for the Oener.-U Supply Committee of the Federal Government. The Bureau of Standards has a committee of experts at work in its laboratories testing' rasoHno samples to see if a standardization can be attained so that the pu't'ie may be esurd a certain grcde tf gasoline for a fixed price and so that the roflr.ers cs.n make the greatest possible use of the riw oil. Position Of United Statea As Oil This country furnishes 66 per cr.t. of the world's Rasolir.e. According to the latest figures, and It Is said that our oil contains the largest amount of gasoline of all the world's oils. The arsas of crude-oil proiict'on

I rt.il production referred to as pools. T;if ien to'.-ja .re the Appalachian, ! inclu'Hrs Soat&'wtn) Nvr York, U'eatern Ft-nTnylvarvia, STi"isistorii

Ohto, Western V7sst Virsmla. Kentucky nnd TsMmw; tha Lima-Indiana, ml)rdrij oil rns in v','"errn Ohio and Xnstern Ir-diavia; the Illinois, covering the prrr-p&l ArAs within this 5tte: the ;.fiJ-Co-itinert, lncludir.g till nraw in Kar.ssi and Oklahoma; the North Texas, wh'ch m-hra--i the area its name !mp!:es; the Northwest Louisiana, iuciuding areas both In Louisiana e;d in 'lJop!cg Dort'ons of Ter.au; th Qiif, embracing oil pools in : i hern Louisiana and jVxas, and the Colorado, Wyoming n-i Cs.lff.irn!a, including all areas in the g'a'cs for whirh it is named. Adjacent to many ef these productive rns already discovered In the m?Jor CuMn .ire sddit'oral arefij wliich may be r?grded as prospective cil tc-rrltory. Tskir.g Into account the

In the United States are n-jr'd to ; productiv? posribiHUes of both workten major fields, the term '""e'd" be- J ing and untested poels. an estimate of ing used to desijrnata a reslon of in- ! 7,C29,000.C00 barrels Is made to rep-

regard to the '- "vh.-ia sppear n j.'oiacuon .t scientists r cf pro?6aBej i is -?.iy tilled

: :'. c:T crude i!ls thaa wa svr.a thought tJl4 tn ?"rtr. er d.y. The autoi :Tvr.;ile ft'v:-T9 h'' sv-o?erated 1 r:h rh risr and have ianproyed

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will en out In homes from Atlantic vestigation bearing on the quality of I definite boundaries that Includes a ; resent the quantity of petroleum that to Pacific; wheels cf Industry will j gasoline, the availability of the. supply j nvunber of detached areas cf actual i remains available for commercial ex

traction La tbe tii'.ted States. Sevur, nd a h,t.'f t-i-iiois of barrsls for tri rm.!ilTg .iys cf b.uin;ty. c.rri.,.aed tht the rate of ifea,0j0,SS0 brrfcls ann-ia'.lyl the rd tay be determird with rr,aheTSMoal prcl.Tion. liut even than the Sgv.res vull not take into fcci3'ii!.t the mcre&aifcg; deciacd as tha yesri go by. 7 his incraso. Buys Msrfc. 1. Kequa, cor.suJUng orriner of the Bureau of JJines, yrtll not oooie solely thtovh the xtr V!e-mand for gasoline and crude oil f .".l: but also because of the Increasing d-aiand f.ir lubricants. ""It has ben coinpjtd," sta.ts Xfr. Requa. "thst roufchly speaking, th machinery of the nation require approximately oae gallon of oil to ech 809 horsepower per day. Every autotnobUe built adds to the demand for lubricating oils, every ship launched, every eeur, every looomativa must be supplied with lubricacts, and petroleum is th only known source of supply. "In the exhatistlen of Its oil lands and with no insured source of domestic supply Jn wight, the UnUed States la confronted with a national

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in a way which wii. have been !Kpr3Letli!faIe . few ww tge. The i.iors, tiMcicg alvjj..,.g ef the work si IKe automobile -ras iiave been k.ble to increase tho oocs.go of gasoline obt.t7ia jlo frti a gtyea amount ftf crude oil. F.eflsArs f co-9pc?ra7ig along an0ber Uao to the and. that is, to ineraa the anvstMvt f ao!ino and at tbe saeao ttano kp CSt price down to a rKaon.fcla tttie, through tho proceso known as "cracking" kerosene and nvovier oils, which converts a portion of tho crude oil, not formerly utilised for that purpose. Into gasoline. Last year about five million barrels were produced by craoklng processos alone. This Is all the more striking when It ie considered that tneae flvo minion barrels of gasoline were made from oils which in the past did not enter Into tho makiag of gasoline at all. Recently, owing to tho remarkable dorelopment of tho "casing head" gasoline industry a production amounting to five per ent. of the total

production of gasoline was added to the entiie output of this commodity. Ti-.-.s branch of the gasoline 'justness" ii-.aoufactures, or obtains, gasoline from ntuial gas. This produces a very voiatJe I.q jid too volatile to be used irectly. It i mixed with oil Just little lighter than kerosene but ;.?av:er than gasoline and when It is properly blended it can be used satu'sctorily in an automobile engine. But at best, these are expedients of the immediate present and the imiidiare future. What the far-sighted scientist desires is a solution of the fuel oil problem for the generations to ocme. And as the petroleum supply is limited, comparatively speaking substitutes for gasolin -. k.i.

sought. Bezol Is one of the substi

tutes rationed; alcohol is another. Beol is used In Europe extensively as a fuel for automobiles. It Is not greatly different from gasoline and la recovered as a by-product in the man. uf a?ore of coke. Should its us become prevalent her many motor adjustments will b required; on tho whole. It is not expected to meet with widespread approval as its pric is early as prohibitive, as that of gasoline today. Alcohol la advocated by many as tho coming fuel materteL It la said that great quantities can bo obtained from sawduat; It can be easily imagined that alcohol experts all over tho country are busy launching plana for manufacturing this product. Haw CtaM Wo Oonserte? But tho main problem harassing tho country at present i how to make tho supply on hand last longer. Petroleum experts have been trying to arouse the people to an understanding of th faot that heretofore they hav been ruthlessly wasting fuel oila by their heedlessness of economio methods. Burning crud oil for fuel without extracting all th valuable gasoline and lubricant oil content is a crime against posterity they say. And the time to begin saving the nation's aupply la right now.

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