The present chapter deals, I feel, most inadequately with the general question of concerns whose interests are directly allied with that of petroleum; in fact, it was not my desire to give an encyclopaedia of the thousands of companies so engaged, but, rather, to suggest the names of a few which have secured world-wide distinction. CHAPTER XIV STATISTICAL THE WORLD’S OUTPUT OF PETROLEUM The world’s total production of crude oil for 1917, and for the period of years 1857 to 1917, is given in the following table. The details are given in barrels, which, divided by seven, will give the output in tons. PRODUCTION. TOTAL PRODUCTION. 1917. 1857-1917. _Barrels _P.C. _Barrels _P.C. of 42 of of 42 of Gallons._ Total._ Gallons._ Total._ COUNTRY. United States *335,315,601 66·98 4,252,644,003 60·89 Russia #69,000,000 13·78 1,832,583,017 26·24 Mexico 55,292,770 11·04 222,082,472 3·18 Dutch East Indies ¶12,928,955 2·58 175,103,267 2·51 India #8,500,000 1·70 98,583,522 2·41 Galicia 5,965,447 1·19 148,459,653 2·13 Japan and Formosa 2,898,654 0·58 36,065,454 0·52 Roumania 2,681,870 0·54 142,992,465 2·05 Peru 2,533,417 0·51 21,878,285 0·31 Trinidad 1,599,455 0·32 5,418,885 0·08 Argentina 1,144,737 0·23 3,047,858 0·04 Egypt 1,008,750 0·20 2,768,686 0·04 Germany 995,764 0·20 15,952,861 2·30 Canada 205,332 0·04 24,112,529 3·50 Italy 50,334} 0·11 947,289 0·01 Other countries #§530,000} 927,000 0·01 ------------------------------------------ Total 500,651,086 100·00 6,983,567,246 100·00 ========================================== * Quantity marketed. # Estimated. ¶ Includes British Borneo. #§ Includes 19,167 barrels produced in Cuba. THE PETROLEUM IMPORT TRADE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM The imports of petroleum products into the United Kingdom for the past seven years are given in the following table. Those for 1917 are only approximate quantities inasmuch as, toward the end of the year, the Custom House authorities decided for the time being not to compile such statistics for general use. The figures in every case are given in gallons--