1112MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1941

Mineral oils, crude and refined, imported into continental United States,
September 1940—41 1


[Thousands of barrels]
January—
Class
~
Ian.
Feb.
Mar.
~
Apr.
.
May
June
July
*
Aug.
*
Sept.
Total
Ian.
Sept.
1940










Crude petroleum               Refined products:
Gasollne,flnished           
Kerosine
Distillate fuel oil                 
Residual fuel oil            
Paraffinwax               
Asphalt
Unfinished oils, other        
1941
1,950

18


1,882
24
25
813
2,343

3
                       
542
3,044
14
10
671
2,895

,24 358
4,128
19
5
564
3,169

 

326
1,930
45
2
734
4,097

16

201
1,327
31
1
761
3,688

3

159
3,139
8
2
687
3,981

5
68
215
1,397
19
102
775
4,223

2
 
301
2,384
57
173
689
3,912

8
67
262
1,709
26
55
583
30, 258

79
135
3,364
19,940
243
375
6,277

4,712
6,627
7,993
6,206
6,434
6,686
6,562
7,829
6,622
*671











Crude petroleum Refined products:
Gasoline, finished                     
Kerosine                            
Distillate fuel oil            
Residualfueloil            
Lubricating oil.                  
Paraftinwax               
Asphalt                  
Unfinished oils, other        
2,793



421
2,211

1
2
275
3 371



483
2,616
1
7
54
226
3821

1
43
277
4,210
 
 
70
376
3 831



195
2,406
-
7
22
258
3 866

 

300
2,143


13
355
4,332


 
211
2,083

 
42
384
5 331


562
1,085
 

102
184
4,327

363

463
2,611

3
80
107
4662
.

232
15
795
4,217

5
57
123
36,334

596
58
3,707
23,582
1
23
442
3,288

5703
6758
8,798
6,719
6677
7052
7264
7954
10106
67031
1Imports of crude as reported to Bureau of Mines; Imports of refined productscompiled
from data of Department of Commerce; figures may differ slightly from those
used throughout other sections of this report.


and kerosine were less in the first 9 months of 1941 than in the corresponding
months of 1940. Residual fuel oil constituted an e±ception to the
refined oils, which are normally exported in greater quan.. tities than they
are imported. Net imports of residual fuel oil increased from 7,476,000 barrels
in the first 9 months of 1940 to 12,786,000 barrels in the corresponding
months of 1941.
 In absolute amounts, exports and Territorial shipments of mineral oils,
both crude and refined, were smaller from January to September 1941 than
from January to September 1940. The sharpest decrease both absolutely and
proportionally was in outward shipments of crude petroleum. Of the refined
oils, the greatest decreases were in exports and shipments of motor fuel,
of distifiate fuel oil, of lubricating oils, and of residual fuel oil.