CONTENTS. 



HI 



3. The number of wells in the native reserve 



A. Period previous to 1888 . 



B. From 1888 to the beginning of 1895 



(aa) Productive wells 



(1) Depth of pit wells 



(2) Production of the pit wells 

 (bb) Unproductive wells . . 



(1) Abandoned wells . 



(2) Wells under construction 



(3) Well sites 



4. The Production of the pit wells 



A. Period previous to 1886 . . 



B. From l836 to the end of 1894 . 



5. The drilled wells .... 



A. Number and depth of drilled wells 



B. Production of the drilled wells . 



6. Summary of the Production of the Yenangyoung 



Oilfield 



Chapter II.-THE YENANGYAT OIL-FIELD 



1. The Pit wells 



A. Period previous to 18S7 . 



B. From 1886 to the end of 1894 



2. The drilled wells . . . 



172 

 172 

 179 

 180 

 181 

 185 

 191 

 191 

 192 

 192 

 194 

 194 

 197 



•99 

 201 



202 



205 



205 — 209 

 205 

 205 

 206 



. 209 



Chapter III.— THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION OF 



BURMA 210-213 



Chapter IV.— THE COST PRICE AND THE TRADE 



VALUE OF THE BURMESE PETROLEUM 213—226 



1. Local consumption of Crude Oil . . . 218 



2. Import of Crude Oil from Upper into Lower 



Burma ... .... 



3. Export of Petroleum and its Products from 



Rangoon ....... 



Appendices. 



219 



221 



Fig. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (WOOD-CUTS). 



Diagrammatic section through the Minbu Mud Volcanoes 



Diagram showing the mean monthly yield of petroleum from 

 1886 to 1894 



Diagrammatic section showing the sudden change from arena- 

 ceous to argillaceous beds, between wells 159 and 161 . 



Diagrammatic section showing double unconformity above the 

 first oil sand in the Aungbanyo ..... 



Diagrammatic section showing the intersection of perpendicular, 

 horizontal and diagonal veins of eruptive mud in miocene 

 sandstone Taungle-yo east of Berne village 



Diagrammatic section showing diagonal veins of eruptive mud 

 in miocene sandstone near well 310 ..... 



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