Russia’s Crude Oil Production During the Past Fifty Years
The output of crude petroleum in the Russian oil-fields during the past fifty years is given in the following table. For the purpose of comparison, the figures are given in barrels of 42 gallons, rather than in poods (62 to the ton) which is the usual manner of recording Russian quantities. The figures are as under—
| Year. | Barrels. |
|---|---|
| 1869 | 202,308 |
| 1870 | 204,618 |
| 1871 | 165,129 |
| 1872 | 184,391 |
| 1873 | 474,379 |
| 1874 | 583,751 |
| 1875 | 697,364 |
| 1876 | 1,320,528 |
| 1877 | 1,800,720 |
| 1878 | 2,400,960 |
| 1879 | 2,761,104 |
| 1880 | 3,001,200 |
| 1881 | 3,601,441 |
| 1882 | 4,537,815 |
| 1883 | 6,002,401 |
| 1884 | 10,804,577 |
| 1885 | 13,924,596 |
| 1886 | 18,006,407 |
| 1887 | 18,367,781 |
| 1888 | 23,048,787 |
| 1889 | 24,609,407 |
| 1890 | 28,691,218 |
| 1891 | 34,573,181 |
| 1892 | 35,774,504 |
| 1893 | 40,456,519 |
| 1894 | 36,375,428 |
| 1895 | 46,140,174 |
| 1896 | 47,220,633 |
| 1897 | 54,399,568 |
| 1898 | 61,609,357 |
| 1899 | 65,954,968 |
| 1900 | 75,779,417 |
| 1901 | 85,168,556 |
| 1902 | 80,540,044 |
| 1903 | 75,591,256 |
| 1904 | 78,536,655 |
| 1905 | 54,960,270 |
| 1906 | 58,897,311 |
| 1907 | 61,850,734 |
| 1908 | 62,186,447 |
| 1909 | 65,970,250 |
| 1910 | 70,336,574 |
| 1911 | 66,183,691 |
| 1912 | 68,019,208 |
| 1913 | 62,834,356 |
| 1914 | 67,020,522 |
| 1915 | 68,548,062 |
| 1916 | 72,801,110 |
| 1917 | 69,000,000 |