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Table 11.—Crude petroleum production, indicated demand, and stocks
in 1967, by months 
(Thousand 42-gallon barrels) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stocks 
Month 
Production 
Indicated 
demand 
originating 
in Arkansas 
January                                       
February                                      
March                                        
April                                          
May                                          
June                                          
July.                                          
August                                        
September                                      
October                                        
November                                      
December                                      
 
Total: 
1,907 
1,717 
1,870 
1,775 
1,818 
1,723 
1,762 
1,759 
1,695 
1,749 
1,656 
1,644 
1,781 
1,673 
1,905 
1,645 
1,917 
1,678 
1,847 
1,832 
1,500 
1,716 
1,790 
1,809 
1,018 
1,057 
1,022 
1,152 
1,053 
1,098 
1,013 
940 
1,135 
1,168 
1,034 
929 
 
 
 
 
1967                                  
1966                                  
21,075 
23,824 
21,098 
' 23,422 
XX 
XX 
 Revised. XX Not applicable. 
 
NONMETALS 
 
 Production value of 12 nonmetallic mineral commodities was only slightly
less than that contributed by the mineral fuels group. The major contributors,
listed in order of importance, were stone, cement, sand and gravel, and bromine.
Output of clays, barite, and lime contributed from $1.7 to $2.7 million.
Seven nonmetallic mineral commodities scored gains in production and value.
The *most spectacular rise was that in value of bromine, which increased
nearly $4.5 million. Similarly, cement production value was the highest on
record. The greatest value drop occurred in clay output as a much smaller
tonnage of highgrade clays was mined. 
 
 Abrasive Stone.—Tonnage and value of Arkansas Novaculite for whetstone
manufacture surged to a new high in 1967 as more than 1.25 million pounds
of the stone was sold. Three producers, Norton Pike Division of Norton Co.,
Arkansas Oilstone Co., and Arkansas Abrasives, Inc., mined and prepared the
novaculite. Arkansas Oilstone Co. processed its crude novaculite into finished
stones within the State. All of Norton Co.'s production went to Eastern States
for finishing. 
 
 Barite.—Arkansas again ranked second in the United States in barite
output. However, the decrease in oil- and gaswell drilling operations, along
with 
competition from other producing States, resulted in a continuation of a
lower production rate for the Arkansas barite industry. Dresser-Magcobar
utilized underground mining methods, whereas National Lead Co., Baroid Division,
extracted barite using both underground and open-pit methods. Both companies
processed the ore by flotation, separation, and grinding to finished products.
All of the State's barite output was utilized in well-drilling mud manufacture.
The Milwhite Co., Inc., ground crude barite from Missouri at its plant at
Bryant, Saline County, Ark. The plant product was used in various industrial
applications. 
 
 Bromine.—In addition to elemental bromine, ethylene dibromide, ethyl
bromide, methyl bromide, and tetrabromobisphenol, were produced by Arkansas
bromine companies. Existing bromine industry operations were joined by a
fourth producer, The Dow Chemical Co., in establishing a record high output
of bromine. This development further emphasized the impact of Arkansas bromine
on U.S. markets. The State's bromine productive capacity increased sharply,
and Arkansas is gaining on Texas as the leading producing State. Three of
the plants are in Union County, but the new plant is in Columbia County,
thus increasing the resource of oilfield brines that are suitable for bromine
extraction.