HC Deb 10 April 1940 vol 359 c588W
Mr. R. Morgan

asked the Secretary for Mines the world output of oil for 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939, respectively, giving the production for each country, separately, where known?

Mr. Lloyd

The figures for 1936, 1937 and 1938 are as follow:

World Production of Crude Petroleum.
Millions of Statute tons.
— 1936. 1937. 1938(Provisional).
U.S.A. 148.3 172.5 163.7
Venezuela 22.6 27.3 27.6
U.S.S.R. (including Sakhaline). 27.0 28.4 29.0
Iran 8.2 10.2 10.2
Netherlands East Indies. 6.3 7.1 7.3
Rumania 8.6 7.0 6.5
Mexico 6.1 6.9 5.7
Iraq 4.0 4.3 4.3
Columbia 2.6 2.9 3.0
Trinidad 1.9 2.2 2.5
Argentina 2.2 2.3 2.4
Peru 2.3 2.3 2.1
India and Burma 1.3 1.4 1.4
Bahrein Is. 0.6 1.0 1.1
Other Countries 2.8 3.2 4.1
Total 244.8 279.0 270.9
Corresponding official figures for 1939 are not yet available.