-------------------------+--------------+--------------+------------- | | _Per cent | _Per cent Country |_Per cent of | of total | of total | production, | production, | oil | 1918_ | 1857-1918_ | resources_ -------------------------+--------------+--------------+------------- United States and Alaska | 69.15 | 61.42 | 16.26 Mexico | 12.40 | 3.80 | 10.51 Russia (southeastern | | | Russia, southwestern | | | Siberia, region of the | | | Caucasus, northern | | | Russia, and Saghalien) | 7.86 | 24.96 | 15.69 East Indies | 2.58 | 2.51 | 7.00 Roumania, Galicia, and | | | western Europe | 2.79 | 4.07 | 2.64 India | 1.55 | 1.41 | 2.31 Persia and Mesopotamia | 1.40 | .19 | 13.52 Japan and Formosa | .48 | .51 | 2.87 Egypt and Algeria | .40 | .07 | 2.15 Germany | .14 | .22 | -- Canada | .06 | .33 | 2.31 Northern South America, | | | including Peru, | | | Trinidad and Venezuela | .93 | .43 | 13.31 Southern South America, | | | including Bolivia and | | | Argentina | .26 | .06 | 8.24 China | -- | -- | 3.19 Italy | } | | Cuba | } | .02 | Other countries | } | | | ------ | ------ | ------ World total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 -------------------------+--------------+--------------+-------------