Circa 1940, what was the oil production of each nation?
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Thanks to user:pugsville for pointing out the League of Nations reports. I chose one with a 1940 column, even though some spaces were not filled in due to war. But as it turns out, all nations producing more than a million tons of oil have a 1940 number.
Statistical Yearbook of the League of Nations 1940-1941
(Mt means millions of metric tons of crude oil produced for the whole year)
| Country | Crude Oil |
|---|---|
| USA | 182.657 Mt |
| USSR | 29.700 Mt |
| Venezuela | 27.443 Mt |
| Iran | 10.426 Mt |
| Indonesia | 7.939 Mt |
| Mexico | 6.721 Mt |
| Romania | 5.764 Mt |
| Columbia | 3.636 Mt |
| Iraq | 3.438 Mt |
| Argentina | 2.871 Mt |
| Trinidad | 2.844 Mt |
| Peru | 1.776 Mt |
| Burma | 1.088 Mt |
| Canada | 1.082 Mt |
| Egypt | 0.929 Mt |
There are more, but I didn't bother including nations that produced less than a million metric tons of crude oil in one year (except Egypt because it was pretty close).
Interestingly, Saudi Arabia is not on the list! Apparently they had not yet found oil there. Iran and Iraq are on the list, though.
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Here is a link with annual oil production in metric tons (Mt), 1936-1948.
The US is by far and away the world's largest oil producer (over 180 million MT in 1940), followed by the Venezuela and the Soviet Union (30 and 27 million MT respectively). The next tier includes Indonesia and Iran (about 8 million MT each), trailed by Mexico and Romania (6 million MT each). Germany got most of her oil from Romania, and could certainly have used Soviet or Iranian oil. In Asia, the East Indies (modern Indonesia) was the big prize.
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