Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, 1912-16


OIL OUTPUT AND PRICES IN AMERICA

Statistical Abstract of the United States, pp. 211 and 223. Yezhegodnik “Rechi”, p. 681.

1900

75,752,691 dollars÷63,620,529 = 1.19 dollars

2 rubles 38 kopeks÷8 =29 (30) kopeks per pood
517 million poods. “Rech” Annual, p. 681
5,170÷636 = 8.1 poods per barrel

{Probably, there are more than 8 poods of oil in a barrel}

1907
1908
1909
1,407 ÷166 = 8.5 poods per barrel
1,512.0 million poods÷178.5 = 8.5 poods
per barrel
1,455 million poods÷183 = (8) 7.9 poods
per barrel
1910

127,896,328 dollars ÷209,556,048 barrels = 0.61 dollar (crude petroleum)
61 cents per barrel (= 42 gallons)
1 gallon =61/42 = 1.4 cents.

1,714 million poods. Yezhegodnik “Rechi”,
p. 681
1,714 ÷209 = 8.1 poods per barrel
61 cents (about 1 ruble 22 kopeks per barrel)
122 ÷8 = 15 kopeks per pood

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