THE OIL RESERVE OF THE SOVIET UNION

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• Publication Date: May 9, 1956
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1,. The Oil P.esago It the Soviet %US*
There are no otbor now data .os the oil reserve of the L'3Sd besides
thoe? -niblished in the 1937 edition of the r- Sovetahata brit. ' oue
ga,wever, it. can be preetssed fro, subsequent te?eeta mode by 3e
a^v.rnnent workers and fray the let and as1 Fire fear Plans altar the wu
~Lnd -thee newspaper and now reports from the Soviet, that the oil rseams
1e :;r greater than originally belie'ed bask in 1937. &i.ecially, dno to
the discovery of rich oil fields in the Ural and Volga districts, whia-
value was hidaea for the past 20 years, It is expected that the data no to
the prsseet time srdoold be revised,
Prepared a
Psrs od
IRLPS
!
Goo1od_sa
aenod
atrbaids'g s3i
173.1
447.6
570.7
1,340.3
6+.103
2, 552.3
torgiaa 3!;R
2.6
34.6
37.2
107.5
31.5
176.2
r ,sny Raton
15.5
59,0
67.5
1we3
---
174.0
?.,{sstan Rater
90.0
47.5
67.5
70.5
M--
166.0
-,bas - Black 3sa
Region
1.II
12.6
21.0
'3.4
741,
15609
.i^3 Regina
30.6
1.3
31,9
618.3
WOO
1,190.4
.?t ern Urals, To18a
Ra s~on & talrq-k 33Z
15.1
10.7
34.6
434.6
721.Y .
1,190.5
":;-.thorn ,-thorn (Uldcta) aegies
A.7
10.0
10.7
11.4
am~
22.1
.=.:xna1 in
10.)
10.1
20.4
9M
220.9
339.0
'.antral Asia
).0
17.3
20.3
134.4
272,4
427.1
Total In the VM
230e1
63L.7
002.6
2.9% 4
2,4%1
6,376.1
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Altbo*t the bads fw the ds e in the sstLatsd e+ssr+e as
alive iu the erhart is net listed is the BdR, it is bsliste thet, is reserml,
it si nif$ms the fullwriag saartitisr-, at . rearde,
1lrrse it pradastiaa. ItiAisdss these -
tilrh sea M drwl.Md iaasiatsi7.
The adsi* s at . quid owes* sslo. sd test
bsr~yr.
ltwtr* sthr artier bsstiss bwft& ,
dspsstts stinted throer gh r if t. am
tbl Se rlelhsds,
I !ts dsprdts ?ilish lint bees ssR3adsd tk' a
Nl wry of the retlsa.
It is bslisrNd tied these few era !lira is the wow of
In .. aatarassss#r1 ar. d the bsgi>ASiag at last year, the lltaistsr fsr
the rstmlsm bdrrtw is the d"dot ttsios brrgt out the last that the
iapsrtaase of the late. regiss bad iasrssasd tr....ioaalW` in raLtiss to
the pradesti.a of oil. ? > pse+s rlaV of oil peesarttos wee ss
?spssis3 7 is the aspubtLs of Tartar ad kaYcla. It is said Unit a
result of a tar. seals j 16SLOg wrest aad tat Mgiap *4. is the
tiral.?Tolp oil ti4lds, lama aver iii is*ssits errs dLsowrsd is the
hapsbllss of Bashicla aad %~ aM la the i*i$rsshss aad 010"T r.glans.
4ssordiad to tar iwrist a~swrasatie the sil rsgies lying bstu* the 7010
River and of Neal ltsmbaia rasp has as uses of am -111:iaataly 40,tiOC spears
Mass *d I. Ne=edle dirl+ded ia"s six sdl i'Lalds *Iab are rep ned to bare
abartdsat oil bes. b a litsratesrs seas g its tsath Five Tsar nu, .
the 8sll+st Qe.orsaswrl r.Nrs to tlr,s on trustier area as "Ms sessad >ra>cs".
1*.v.r, suss the $"LK %volu h has @%*besaljr amide gLTftA its ae twl p Is the sweapa; s'., the rapt is a4 'M as Vmkmww.
ad In ma "a" wide M is vwy t 0460 reveals its seq~st prsdastisa fares
that it r.wal....seeR. data '"`'s"+?da iadaa ligrr.s. n I. ,~- rear rOSUdift the period is gsestiwtao The pm.
t!! ss s 84 "ft ~W In a open" dives by **L
1 Of t
*r'wr t if the Un held sa d A*V" It je.
no foUsulag shaft dwwft the .sit an *""ties figeess is the
I. a., Tel. ZLir w, Mla
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1910
0185
1913
S.4)
19~
3.'!3
11.75
50
17.ZL
1931
1034
13
1435
.
.65.1."
1935
1~.
19,7
ti_.!sw
~.
134!
3.J7
1950
)7.9^
1951
.!?
19
.'n
1959
52..'X
19%
%20
1955
70.- :
the stottstiss to gjVIM 'jy' tA& nii -ti~na ^t . ;a .k 3e
r cps, Y-=,v4m, r, 1433).
, axs to fifiVrO M96k, I WO- h2L
r
Petri ci
!_
9.1
.
,.
1936
23.
1950
31.!50
59!51
35.20
1952
3.:A
1951
".O
1954
4994
:" EAt R.dcm of 11wr_ MA+K g, In 9r1a: 1.a to Ai Ar26 iM.-
ka i*n be sin flu. the foUwing chart. cii prod stion in the ''stags
r-o ,p-I m f the Soviet U MLan bas rapi y narees in it gart aatc a &er3sg tl.
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Ili
2U UINAMIL JA JAP_.3tOAJX."M
Mt...] Prodmetisn Ratts ?Or 73%&1
19 figarsa were *tais" from a report given b YOZJ % ,
5 .~-sds
C'-:.im.ts ,f the National Planning mottos, at a ,wstins of the
sdl
; s w N'11-1 sn 15 Mar 194. The 1Y54 ftdtrss were extraeted from an
ta P-*_rda dated 25 Feb 19'340
;he )w rt of the on iadeatr7 wee trosf$rrod to the Eeetors< regiast
.;; ?*:r the rich tl reserves t.hsre 1,14 for strategic pc wooer. 'bass
:.90 kum tern frwa the 1-^-aaian I,r*,r, the .h o rsgi= r'/
'kt: rtrrs from the Turkdsk bco er, and Dmgsbyeh and 3tanishv re4, is
enA 170 kilometers, rsspesti's1T, from the lie.tenet border of the
,orl*t Jain, it saonat be said that all of than are in a stratsgieauq
a*ov ;os.1,Lion. In soutrast, net aalrj drs the Oral-Taiga oil. bearing
ri ens p -sd ace mores than 50 per swat of the total Soviet oil outpst, -
,-* located 1,700 aa-d. 2,500 kil tors island from the West.= A"
ut :. z n borders and, sonss~yssnt2y, are in a defensively sossre psritiss.
ThR aciateeo of a larva oil field to the Ural-Yo1ga regions, ..a4 bassi
1 r r, a fast tat Soviet, heavy Industries is moved aM ere oats stet t,
a.,ve to the Usterm rogiay it is 'bolisvod that, eommic& ly, the L&rtiIR
r i,jan will have assh to offer to the fuhurs. For this reaeaa, it ss ,oesiblib
t.. t:,,aal,ii that the ind*strtal now in the estsrn region r.nains We-
-e . -t of the 3osthwen mod lh+st a' rogtoms as far as dawd for oil is
as rr cis: ed.
, it Pmstui me" m 7070 MIUm lass ter the FLnb-- Un T_ pia?
In satparing the 1953 and 1934 Phan ficarse with that of lrririom
y.:a: s, there was an tanerraao of 5,100,r)O0 tans sad 6,200,)00 tons, respoetiwsly,
in avtwal quantity *tsh need that, persaatap-xiss, there was an inersass
-~-f 12 per coot for bath years. 0ons. neatly, this meant that in order to
ashie s the ultimate prodsotion coal of 70 million tome emvioagrd by the
Fifth Plan, the prrdmeti.s ratio far 1955 avast be doubled f is otter merge,
an .'A l y*Iatity Insists. of A04ti4,,A04 tins must be ashiered. 8sns.er,
13.72 12 per s +f
(P yak 13e43 31 P .4"
34.90 its M s
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~3e~w are .0ns1,3erabls isebts as to whether or not this waidda iasrets* 1.t,
;rs+: .1 QR ! os to possible. tot =4 mast nwr oil bode be e f fsctiwa4 t to*. j
tad t Is abealste1y neeissary that prsiinriw rt *tape smash a~sjAroapo~Q9wg,,
rsr stn, sad test -es'iara be carried oat as plarmot.
-w ever, in his ape" naM before the asatral Oosstttoe s'ra w9cth'i
t'. th# 11 .Yc~1 1955 issue of r 9LLGARN stated that aii h aavr ".niu ir.Lat
prodvatibn, with the eaosoptia of iron and stools had succeeded In
pox cent of the paroda.tiaa goal.
On the otbsr head, eiff .! i' f aoatsaasits and Pry ,414 %ats
Lavs mentioned fees t1me to tin, of 3slgs , 4 diffieslties .m.i x-sd AA
carrying out the plans for deralopaent of oil beds. FK 4 wplo, rssell-?
nisind the fast that proop*etiog thas far had +e.t ashlev d the level 1#4&
in resait and speed, demanded by the pstrviema indtistry, the Petrslew.
*Iustry Minister stateds Oft* of the vhief fasite of the goologisal twwwr
and trasposting operations is that the test boring locations are tees siU
?oattorod. llrustbsraers, ii matte instaasss, prospesttng is bslM saedsrtel
in C.. ass which are wt tally prepared, them prolonging the opsratiaa art s
deia ring, by several Tess, the lndatrial development of new oil theld
:net aid ed easeg these are the major oil producing areas seat as Asefaa.it s,
It ta:natan, Central Asia, and Twin enia. Preparations for deep proap.e$*(
borings are considerably dals7 d in the Siberian regia.'
Under the sixth rive Tear Plan, a goal far esassdtag the goal wt ?a *isr
t re Ftfth Fin Year Plan has been established, beat des to the slow prsgrws
of tsohnology and inadequate preparations, there will be saw difiie ties
snoouit srsd before the goal to ashlavod.
t. .astern R.gioa at IN 3.d4 Ms 1& 12100 IL 001 bmadds.
As in the sa" of Oil pre tiow, the lariat f~rwrnm^m, siawo World
-ear II, has been pr.gsosiv*17 attemptsag to netts the heart of its .sal
prodwtiaa sons east of the Oirals In aiviAg the asntsr of the seat ptr-
deattton sons, tars exists mnW ditfisaltias s.sh as the devsl.pnet of new
endues and other preblown iavaolved sslleetiag the oval. thrower, the 3o het
Gor.rmasnt has sometas t and. this the lasts psliq of Sae seal iadesta .
It is believed that the fdllovIng throe major principles govoarer< this
pclieyv 1) 3-rstsgisai rsssaar, 1) Influenced 17 the aigratis of ether
tadsestries to the Zssters region, mad )) Soutar of seal reso ens is in the
1 astore region,
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The Aaraat Of gori r'M4 IIL
I1Y?'N!
7h+ Latest oftistai ?stiaato Of the Wrt416 ao&I :^asar-s ras '~+~~ :ars-1'.
Lr - imuR,uwesisst m d* at the Internat ;.ate rsc iagis Connie,
V, X^, + In 19370 deosardja to thiai, um total rstsrrs o f `rs SO-riot ? i i*
sat 1tctsd tt 11,634 billion tons. As smdq t Sat a ' 4It i ate. oa-ai .+_I s_
-' -5~ were stde, the errs total reserve exoeeds taro trL`ilam tats.
As ca L b* r Iearly seem In the following si art, insia3ed wtt4 n his :,,
tip `. tOn tars is the 1,4 billies toes fe and in the taste.:: resia% aaeri
as, ~acvsat1y, it slear17 I dMat.s the isportan of the regia- ae Six as
e t is eonee, d?
Asiatic Rosiaer
1Gessstst Buie
Zrk*ta# laads
xi n Oslo lards
651
dl
in-yom ,tai lasts
43
Xaaat laaft
42
Kiaesslash me"
n
DWM^ lasla<
Other Asiatic lsdier *t tlsr VM
7i+1-
INAL
D.s.M ksdi
ft*bW% Bas"
Olbar D mpm 1sgt . st tbs !m
1,4Q
do
as
1S
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Tit Soytot 1Qn ~t n .zLc 4 +utd QQa . F?`~.. '"ti
In 2X&MUL-Ig the total 5OVL.t meal pr Lotion fr a .M 'a; tG ; 4Alt;
:t o, U. follovtng ftg r.s woo ob,.rv"s
B"Ut coal pre
3 s M oY
1917
32.99
1911
33.30
'.33
1933
75.99
1937
128.00
1940
1,14.00
1945
ua.00
1947
182.00
1949
MOW
1950
250.00
1952
300.00
1953
320.00
19%
346.00
1954
rM.00
l't ooipariag t-o ratio Of pred ttun of U. Soviet ties&s Rarpsan
;''R am for Barters rotes it oat be sort that, on tir 1rbol., t.1w b..
pa arise of the Soviet Valm's Staters rosins bas tnsr+srod tr wradowly
time U. bs gianias of the 20th CarMi? Ta rod>.ring the coal Q.po sit s is
the 0898 to psroostasos tat their bettiew to obart fry, we ?besrvs the
following.
D s.tr M.9 77.0 49.1 40.4
xssawrArsa 1.0 3.2 4.0 3.9
Oral ?.2 5.4 4*9 463
5t. S 35.1
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a s : ",,Ott 2.7 7,4 11.; 13.9 E.i stow ib.rtsa 1.9 209 3.a 4.0 --ma ??.,?
p. r Ea s :s: a 1,2 3.0 3.5 3.7 --+- ~-~-
i~.c r?~ga3asa ..-.. 1.1 3.1
itatral "iatis 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.7 ?"'?
:'t`ar a.gioss 0, 06) 0.7 let 42, 5 55*2
?OTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 LX.0
? x3,.20 4215 ladisates the an total fur the Orals, Kaxestsk, Easter3
Si4~oria, Tar at, W+a`aMa. Osntral Asiatic Roston, and other diatr+_ets.
Data on the predustion is sash district sonnet be obtalasd at this time,
From this sliart, it son be dearly sees thataa 1) The seal vines is
th* a poaa sector of the Soviet Vaioa, cops these of the Domats
River basis,are rapidly dssltaing in is , Their percentage in
:-e ;nova to the total Soviet 4ai on production for the past 20 years na
.1sarsa9ad is half, The aatithosis in the varied decline of the krspaaa
?o set In its overall iapvrtenss is dos to the increase in the relative
ir:;iorts-noe of the hr haters Soviet region (Soviet Meters region). The
SLYist Eastern region has shown tremendous iasroase from 20 per cant in 1928
t.a r5.2 per asek in 1990, to 60 per seat in 195+1. In oonvertlag this Into
actual figures, we on that the 1954 predustiaa in the Oral Masters region
was 208 million toss ad the $ewist lisropees region was 138 ^dllies teas.
As mentioned pr+nrvlonsl7, the tads for the .enter of the coal pro-
dnation sons to gra0ea111 save to the Tar last, bier eased its t apo tremndouslr
daring world War II. TM follawiag is the gonerul result In briefly dos-
cr biug the details doing this parted. In other words, along the European
5avist anal aims whisk, &rtng World War II, had preduasd sera than 100
sillies toes an n allyp 1,135 . destrgrd. WM the goal Of rsialaing the
production leTal based on 'boss figure., positive operations were carried
out to develop and solp the seal alas.. of the Newtown regions In 1942-1%49
avid it was known that the yes aetiw is the lantern region had already
rsaehsd 73 acute' tons at that time Later, as a result of sssoessive
er,phaeis on the dswslep^sat of soil ndaes in the Eastern region, at the
slosing period of the peat war, the peresetage of produstia is som-Atroposs
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~::; ??3; 'aa :a2T dtstriktb w W A= for devoiq; L g nm sirizr.; regi?~e r
.- r.y Vao z-wat tSr.. years hays bsem eWrata ly its a eha.tia esaMit'iatD.>''
t .*--e ar. n a t q .says which point out the ezaes sire ~Jtlljq
? L v>:?:,x~a types of Capital evos!ruattaas (t*elndi:ta tr oaa.) ter L ,ci n e
?y In %!ze operations, the lack of aeebseary teobntaLcns, the At-
;: r :..'vAlity cf aaoagement, and the ' cv. Level of labor pmf: otivtty,.
: -? r ;;a. ?t.r.r TI as No. 6, 19541 Isst r Lei No. 7, 195.5 Pray ya ,iE t:tin ~,s.
.?r; aye art old-s by G. EKCt O; and otbars are e~pl.a ; ? ..L ~c., r
.: ".;a? ~u:;,~ the tons of t)es? varitirs assays, the omoinaiae ran a? zRt:s"gad
i! the ea dAg 9ovist coal proawt imn, altbe gh it I,& 'sW t t4 se iu'w
:a as ast ablisltsd in the Sixth Ple , t t>r ? gists nrt,;w pc%?bl mss, utd
th,-t in order to fully satisfy the present aseds of the mtieets, oonai:!erabi.
if 'fault ies will be ?semstersa.
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