YENANGYAT OIL FIELD. 



205 



Section 6. — Summary of the production of the 

 Yenangyoung oil field. 



In the following table is given the production of the Yenangyoung 

 oil field for the last nine years : — 



Production in viss. 

 1SS6 3,418,090 



1887 

 1SS8 

 1889 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



5,651,200 

 6,167,000 

 6,835,780 

 10,432,510 

 13,674.296 

 19,995,580 

 23,624,174 

 24,929,075 



In themselves the above figures show a highly satisfactory pro- 

 gress; within nine years the production has risen from 34,180 barrels 

 to 249,290 barrels, that is to say, an increase of nearly 800 per cent. 

 If a similar increase were to be expected during the next nine years 

 matters would look more promising, but as I have pointed out pre- 

 viously (page 123) it is more than doubtful whether a similar rise may 

 be expected. A comparison of • the production of Upper Burma 

 with that of other countries will be postponed till the Yenangyat 

 oil field has been discussed. 



Chapter II.-THE YENANGYAT OILFIELD. 

 Section I.— The Pit wells. 



A. — Period previous to 1887, 



As already mentioned (see page 1 24) the surface indications of the 

 existence of an oil bearing sand near the hamlet of Yenangyat were 

 noticed by previous visitors, as Mr. Crawfurd and Dr. Oldham, but 

 it is almost certain that no exploitation of this part took place until a 

 very recent period ; there were certainly no wells in existence when 

 the members of the Mission to Ava visited Yenangyat in 1855, and the 

 statement that the first wells were constructed in 1864 is highly pro« 

 bable, although it seems quite likely that they are even younger. 



( 251 ) 



