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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 

 Production of petroleum in New York 



VALUE 



1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 I896 

 I897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 I9O4 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 I9II 

 1912 



I 031 39I 



942 431 



912 948 



I 205 220 



I 279 I55 



I 205 25O 



I 320 909 



I 300 925 



I 206 6l8 



I 119 73O 



I 162 978 



I O36 I79 



949 5ii 



1 043 088 



1 052 324 



1 160 128 



1 160 402 



1 073 650 



955 3H 



782 661 



$660 000 



790 464 



1 240 468 



1 420 653 



1 005 736 



1 098 284 



1 708 926 



1 759 501 



1 460 008 



1 530 852 



1 849 135 



1 709 770 



566 931 



721 095 



736 335 



071 533 



914 663 



1 458 194 



1 251 461 



1 338 350 



The total production in 1912 amounted to 782,661 barrels, as 

 compared with 955,314 barrels in 191 1. The decrease was 172,653 

 barrels, or about 20 per cent. The output in 191 o, which was 

 1,073,650 barrels, showed a drop of 158,336 barrels or about 15 

 per cent from that of 1909 when the first break in the market prices 

 began. The value of the output last year was $1,338,350, an 

 average of $1.71 a barrel, against $1,251,461 or an average of 

 $1.31 a barrel in 191 1 and $1,458,194 and an average of $1.36 in 

 1910 and $1,914,663, an average of $1.65 in 1909. 



The record of field work as compiled monthly by the Oil City 

 Derrick showed that 246 wells were drilled in the New York fields 

 during 1912. This figure indicates a slightly increased activity over 

 the preceding year, when the number completed was 195. The 

 number of wells completed in 1910 was 283 and in 1909, when 

 conditions were more normal, the number was 457. The incre- 

 ment of production from the new wells amounted to only 278 bar- 

 rels, as compared with 201 barrels in 191 1, 368 barrels in 1910 

 and 715 barrels in 1909. Of the number of wells completed, 66 

 were dry against 59, 61 and 32 respectively in the preceding years. 



The oil pools found in the State constitute the northern extension 

 of the Appalachian field which reaches its main development in 



