1953 LEVEL OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTION IN USSR

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• Document Release Date: September 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 441
• Publication Date: May 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATIOIJ CO',;rID~r.iIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
DATE OF
SUBJECT Economic - Petroleum industr INFORMATION 1953
,~, production,
HOW drilling, refining
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers, binonthl DATE DIST. 7 Nsy 1954
y periodical
WHERE
DATE
PUBLISHED dui 1953-31 dam 1954
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1953 Le"VEL OF Pi/'PROLE[A?S PRODUC'iIOH Ili USSR
(Huabers in parentheses refer to appended sources.)
In 1953, 52 million tone of petroleum, or 70 percent core than in 1940,
are to be produced in the USSR.(1)
The Ministry of Petroleum Industry USSR fulfilled the 6-month plan by
100.5 percent. The following percentages indicate production during the first
half 1953 ae compared with the first half 1952: petroleum, 111 percent, gas-
oline, 109 percent, kerosene, 124 percent, natural gas, 106 percent, and pe-
troleum equipment, 127 percent. At enterprises of the ministr,~ during the same
period, the speeds of developmental and exploratory drilling increased and the
percentage of light end products derived from crude petroleum increesed.(2)
The plan of the Ministr,~ of Petroleum Industry USSR for production of pe-
troleum and light end petroleum products for 1953 was fulfilled on 28 Deceaber
1953?(3)
The petroleum industry of the USSP. produced more than 52 million tons of
petroleum during 1953-(4)
The Dinistry of Petroleum Industry USSR fulfilled the 1953 Plan for gross
output by 100.9 percent. The following percentages indicate production during
1953 as compared with production during 1952: petroleum, 112 percent, gasoline,
111 percent, keroaene,?123 percent, and petroleum ruchinery, 117 percent.
At enterprises of the ainistry during 1953, the speed of developmental
drilling increased by 5 percent in comparison with 1952 and the speed of ex-
ploratory drilling increased by 10 percent is comparison with 1952? However,
the ministry failed to fulfill the yearly plan for exploratory drilling.
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During 1953, the uae of the turbodrilling method vas extended, and the number
~Y~n ~7.la zri,4e usia6 the forced system of drilling vas 1 1~2 times greater
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vater~gase and air)ndary Qethods oP petroleum production (repress?_r+^^?~~~
cau during 1953, permitting an increase is theyyu
perceatagei oP lightlend and in the use oY petroleum-bearing strata. The
during 1953.(5) petroleum products derived from crude stock increased
SOU?CES
1? Moecov, Vestaik Statistil;i, 19j3, No 4
2. Moscov, Pravda, 17 Jul 53
3. Moscow, Izvestiya, 31 Dec 53
4' Moscow, Promyshlennost' Stroitel'nykh Materialov,
i Jan 54
5. Izvestiya, 31 Jan 54
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