HC Deb 16 June 1931 vol 253 c1607
12. Mr. SMITHERS

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he fan give the output of petroleum and benzine, for the first four months of this year, from the Azneft works and from the Grozneft works in Russia?

Mr. W. R. SMITH

It is assumed that by petroleum the hon. Member means refined petroleum, i.e., kerosene, and, if so, the information asked for is not available. Statistics published by the U.S.S.R. Chamber of Commerce for Western Trade, however, show that the output of crude petroleum in Russia during the first four months of 1931 was 6,747,000 metric tons, of which it is understood over 90 per cent. was derived from the oilfields of the Azneft and Grozneft.