859. Crude Petroleum and Petroleum Products, November 1939. A non. U .S . B u re au of M ines : M o n th ly P etroleum Statem ent N o . 192.— I n N o v e m b er 1939 p ro d u c tio n of c ru d e oil in th o U n ite d S ta te s re ac h ed th e h ig h es t level in h is to ry , th e d a ily a v erag e b ein g 3,729,000 b rl., as c o m p a red w ith th e p re v io u s record of 3,723,000 b rl. in A u g u s t 1937. D a ily a v erag es in N o v e m b er 1939 w ere h ig h e r t h a n th o se for th e p re v io u s m o n th in m o s t S ta te s , th o u g h p ro d u c tio n in C alifornia a n d Illin o is show ed a slig h t decline. A verages for M ichigan (68,200 brl. d aily ) a n il L o u isian a (200,000 b rl. d aily ) e sta b lish e d new p ro d u c tio n reco rd s. D u rin g N o v e m b e r 1939 c ru d e oil s to c k s also in cre ased b y n e arly 3,000,000 b rl., th is boing th o first gain since la s t A p ril a n d re fle c t
in g chiefly declin es in r u n s to stills anil in e x p o rts . G asolino y ie ld s d u rin g th o m o n th u n d e r review reach ed a new p e a k of 45-8% . R e sid u al fuel oil w as th e sam e a s in O cto b er, b u t lig h t fuel oil sh o w ed a decline in y ield fro m 13-5% in O c to b er to 1 3 1 % in N o v em b er. T h e B u re au of L a b o r S ta tis tic s reco rd s t h a t th e p rice in d ex fo r p e tr o l
eu m p ro d u c ts w as 53-9 in N o v e m b er 1939, as c o m p a red w ith 54-0 in th e p re v io u s
m o n th a n d 51-5 in N o v em b er 1938. 11. B . 51.
860. Natural Gas Consumption Decreased in 1938. A non. U .S. B u re au o f 5Iinos : M in era l M a rket R eport N o . M .M .S . 772, D ec. 1939.— I n 1938 th e m a rk e te d p ro d u c tio n of n a tu r a l gas d e creased fo r th e first tim o since 1933, t he d e crease bein g a p p ro x im a te ly 5 % from t h e p o ak of 2,407,620,000.000 cu. ft. re ac h ed in 1937. A ll th e m a jo r classes o f c o n su m p tio n , w ith th e ex ce p tio n of field use, also sh o w ed a decrease, th e largest bein g in m iscellaneous in d u s tria l uso. L argo a m o u n ts of low -priced gas u se d in th e field a n d in enibon-blac.k m a n u fa c tu re , p a rtic u la rly in T e x a s an il O k lah o m a, w ere resp o n sib le fo r a decline in v a lu e of n a tu r a l gas a t th o w ells fro m a n a v era g e of 5 1 c e n ts in 1937 to 4-9 c e n ts in 1938. S im ilarly , th e a v era g e v a lu e a t p o in ts of c o n su m p tio n d eclin ed from 21-9 c e n ts in 1937 to 21-8 c e n ts in 1938. 2 9 % of to ta l c o n su m p tio n in 1938 w as u se d fo r field p u rp o se s, 16% for d o m es tic p u rp o se s, 5 % fo r com m ercial p u rp o ses, 14% for c arb o n -b lac k m an u fact ure, 7 % a s fuel in electric p u b lic -u tility p o w er p la n ts , 5 % in p e tro le u m refineries, 2 % a s fuel in c em en t p la n ts , a n d 2 2 % for all o th e r
2 7 0 a a b s t r a c t s.
in d u s tria l pu rp o so s. 53,770 g a s w ells w ere in u se a t th e e n d o f 1938, c o m p a red w ith 55,050 a t th e beg in n in g o f th e y e a r. 2236 w ells w ore d rilled d u rin g th e y e a r, w hich in d ic a te s t h a t 3516 w ells w ere a b a n d o n e d o r s h u t do w n d u rin g th o y e ar, as c o m p ared
w ith 2284 in 1937. H . B . M.
861.* World Legislation on Petroleum . A non. B ol. In fo rm . Petroleras, D ee. 1939, X V I (184), 6 6 -7 5 .— T h is is a c o n tin u a tio n of a reference in d ex to law s a ffectin g th e e x p lo ita tio n of p e tro le u m in d iffere n t c o u n trie s a n d to lite r a tu r e p u b lis h e d in t h a t c o n n ectio n . T h e first, of th eso re co rd s w as p u b lis h ed in N o. 174 of th is jo u rn a l. T h is n u m b e r in clu d es, a m o n g o th e rs , R u ss ia , U ru g u a y , a n d V enezuela. H . I . L . 862.* Econom ic D ynam ics of the D om estic Dem and for Motor Fuel. N . D . F itz G e ra ld . Petrol. Tech., F e b . 1940, A .I.M .M .E . T ech. P u b . N o. 1174, 1-7.— D o m estic m o to r-fu el d e m a n d s ro se from 226,000,000 b rl. in 1925 to 522,000,000 b rl. in 1938. N u m e ro u s influences a re a t w o rk d e te rm in in g th e e x p an s io n a n d flu c tu a tio n o f d e m a n d fo r m o to r fuel. T h o p rim a ry c o m p o n e n ts a re th e n u m b e r of m o to r vehicles re g is te red ( li m il
lions), th o price o f m o to r fuel to t h e c o n su m er (P e e n ts/g a l., a v era g e in fifty largo cities), th e m iles of h a rd -s u rfa c e d ro d s (H th o u s a n d s ), a n d th e n a tio n a l incom e (jV billion d o llars). T is th o n u m b e r of y e a rs since 1924. T h e a n n u a l d e m a n d fo r m o to r fuel in m illio n s of b a rre ls is th e n g iv e n b y
D — 17-8657? - 7-199P + 0-02377T + 0-409Ar.
T h is e q u a tio n co n fo rm s w ell w ith th e a c tu a l d a ta . E q u a tio n s re p re se n tin g th o se p a ra te effects o f each c o m p o n en t o n th o d e m a n d h a v e also b e en d e riv e d .
T h ere a re se c o n d ary c o m p o n e n ts affectin g t h e d e m a n d , a n d of th o p rim a ry c o m p o n e n ts p rice alo n e is th o d e m a n d -g e n e ra tin g e le m en t o v e r w h ic h th o in d u s tr y h a s
som e c o n tro l. G. D . H .
863. Canadian Mineral Industry in 1938. C a n ad a D e p t, of Alines a n d R e so u rc e s : M in e s a n d Geology B ra n c h B u r e a u o f M in e s N o . 804, 1939.— N e arly 97% of th o to ta l C an ad ian o u tp u t of p e tro le u m is now o b ta in e d fro m th o T u r n e r V alloy fiold in A lb e rta , in w hich th e ro woro s ix ty -e ig h t p ro d u c in g w ells a t th e e n d of 1938 a n d se v e n te en in p ro cess o f bein g d rilled . T h e m a in p ro d u c in g a re a lies in tlio s o u th e rn p a r t of th o field, a n d h a s a p ro v e d le n g th of n e a rly five m iles a n d a w id th o f tw o m iles. T h e n o rth e rn p a r t of th e field is a b o u t n in e m iles a w ay , a n d as y e t few w ells h a v e been d rille d , th o u g h th o a re a is a ttr a c tin g co n sid erab le a tte n tio n . I t is n o t k n o w n y o t w h e th e r th e in te rv e n in g n in e m iles b e tw ee n th o s o u th e rn a n d n o r th e r n p a r ts of th o field w ill p ro v e to bo p ro d u c tiv e , b u t sh o u ld th is bo th o c ase th o T u rn e r V alley field w ould h a v e a p ro v e d le n g th of som e so v en tee n m iles.
S m all q u a n titie s o f oil aro also p ro d u c e d fro m th o R e d Coulee fiold, W a in w rig h t, R ib s to n e , T a b e r, a n d Moose M o u n ta in a re a s in A lb e rta . I n so u th -w e s t O n ta rio com m ercial q u a n titie s aro p ro d u c e d a t P e tro lia , Oil S prin g s, B o th w ell, D aw n , W arw ick , W e s t D o v er, a n d M oser ; in N ew B ru n sw ic k i t is p ro d u c e d a t a p lace a b o u t n in e m iles so u th -w e s t o f M o n c to n ; a n d in th e N o rth -w e s t T e rrito rie s a b o u t fifty m iles w e st of G re a t B e a r L ak e.
P ro d u c tio n in th o T u r n e r V alloy fiold th r o u g h o u t 1938 w as p r o r a te d so t h a t o u tp u t sh o u ld n o t ex ceed d e m a n d . I n S e p tem b e r th is d e m a n d re ac h ed a p e a k o f 862,413 brl.
fro m th e fiold, th e d a ily p ro d u c tio n being p lac ed a t 28,300 b rl. a d a y d u rin g th e p erio d 12 tli to 2 4 th S ep tem b er.
I n th o s o u th e rn p a r t of th e field, w hore th o oil o b ta in e d is a lig h t c ru d e ra n g in g fro m 40 to 50° A .P .I. g ra v ity , th irty -e ig h t, w ells w ere b ro u g h t in to p ro d u c tio n in 1938. I n th o n o rth e rn a re a th e co m p le tio n of H om e-M illarville N o. 2 w as im p o rta n t, a s th e fa v o u ra b le s tru o tu re is k n o w n to e x te n d fo r se v e ra l m iles to th o n o r th of th o well.
D u rin g th e y e a r u n d e r review C a n ad a e x p o rte d §877,553 w o rth of p e tro le u m an il p ro d u c ts an il 4,987,879 Im p . gal. (S458,997 w o rth ) of gasoline a n d n a p h th a .
R e ta il sales of gaso lin e in C a n ad a a m o u n te d to 762,591,000 gal. in 1938. T u r n e r V alloy c ru d e oil is u se d in p ra c tic a lly a ll th e refineries in A lb e rta , S a sk a tch e w a n , an d M an ito b a, a n d im p o rts to th e s e p ro v in ces w ere only slig h tly in excess o f 500,000 b rl.
H . B . M.
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2 7 2 a d ô o k Re v i e w s.
BOOKS R E C E IV E D . 2 7 3 a lu b ric a n ts . T h e a s p e c ts to u ch e d u p o n a re frictio n te s tin g , te m p e ra tu re rise in b all b e arin g s, g ear, a n d m o to r oils. I n sug g estin g th e use of a n electric m o to r to d rivo th e p o w er u n it a n d so sa v e fuel, th o im p o rta n t influence of th o l a t t e r h a s a p p a re n tly been overlooked.
T ho tw o a p p en d ice s co n cern th e re co v e ry of so lv e n ts a n d th e fittin g o u t o f a la b o ra to ry , re sp ec tiv e ly .
A s a n in tro d u c tio n to a m oro sorious a n d d e ta ile d s tu d y of th e s u b je c t, o r for engineers co n cern ed w ith c o n tro llin g th o p u rc h ase of oil to a specification, th o book gives a b ro a d o u tlin e u n o b sc u re d b y a m a s s of d e ta il. J . L . Ta y l o r.
B O O K S R E C E I V E D
Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Transactions, Vol. 142, July-Decem ber, 1939.
11 " x 8 f " . P p . 503.
T h is v o lu m e c o n ta in s se v era l lo n g P a p e rs dealing w ith th e engineering a s p e c ts of tr a n s p o r t, w h ich woro to h a v e been p re sen te d a t th e N ew Y o rk M eeting of th o In s titu tio n , cancelled ow ing to th e o u tb re a k of w ar. “ M otor T ra n s p o rt,” b y E . C.
O tta w a y , a n d “ P ro b le m s of th o H ig h w a y U ser in U .S .A .,” b y F . C. H o rn e r, b o th c o n ta in m u ch v alu ab lo econom ic d a ta . A ir tr a n s p o r t is review ed b y A. G ouge (“ T ra n s a tla n tic A ir T r a n s p o rt ” ) a n d E . T . A llen (“ T re n d of A ir T ra n s p o rta tio n ” ).
T h e volum o also c o n ta in s th e T h o m a s H a w k sle y L ec tu re b y Sir L eo n a rd P earce o n “ F o r ty Y e a rs’ D ev elo p m en t in P o w er S ta tio n P la n t.”
Junior Institution of Engineers, Transactions, Vol. 4 9 ,1 9 3 8 -3 9 . 8J" x 5J". P p . 572.
P a p e rs o n “ A p p lica tio n s of B itu m e n ,” b y A. P . M orris, a n d “ Surface H e a t E x c h a n g e rs ,” b y R . Sutcliffe, a re in clu d ed a m ong m an y P a p e rs of general e n g in e er
ing in te re s t. T ho P re sid e n tia l A d d ress of S ir Charles B ressey deals w ith “ R o a d s a n d T raffic.”
The Heavy Industry of M anchoukuo, p u b d . b y J a p a n E conom ic F e d e ra tio n , T o k y o . 7 f " X 5 ". P p . 83 a n d m ap .
A s h o r t reference is included to th e oil sh ale in d u s try . T h e to ta l d e p o sits of oil sh ale in M an ch o u k u o a re e s tim a te d a t 7,600 m illion m etric to n s, m o s t of w hich is d e p o site d a t F u s h u n , th e ro s t bein g d is trib u te d in th e C hientao, S an sh in g a n d Je h o l d is tric ts .
T h ere is a d ire c to ry o f th e p rin cip al m ining com panies in M anchoukuo.
A.S.T.M. Index to Standards, January, 1940. 9 " x 6 ". P p . 152.
S u b je c t a n d n u m erica l in d ex es of all s ta n d a r d s a n d te n ta tiv e s ta n d a r d s in cluded in th o 1939 e d itio n of A .S.T.M . S ta n d a rd s .
New South W ales, Geological Survey ; Coal Resources of the Maitland-Cessnock-Greta Coal Districts. L . J . Jo n e s. 9 | " x 5 £ ". P p . 225. 3 m a p s in p o c k et. P u b d . S y d n ey . 9s.
T h is R e p o r t o f th e N .S .W . D e p a rtm e n t of Mines is m ain ly co n cern ed w ith th o geology a n d m in in g d e v elo p m en t of th e a rea . I t c o n ta in s also a su m m a ry of th e re p o rt of th e D ire c to r of F u e l R esearch , E n g la n d , o n th o s u ita b ility for low t e m p e ra tu re c a rb o n isa tio n a n d h y d ro g e n a tio n of sam p le s fro m th e G re ta d is tric t.