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Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79S01046A000100090001-1 US OFFICIALS ONLY RESEARCH AID PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS AND NATURAL-GAS LIQUIDS IN THE USSR » ORR Project 25.192 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Office of Research and Reports US OFFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79S01046A000100090001 -1

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79S01046A000100090001-1 FOREWORD This research aid represents the first effort to estimate the post- war production in the USSR of the three components comprising total petroleum production: crude oil, natural-gas liquids, and natural gas. Official Seyiet published prewar data, as shown in this research aid, clearly, discriminate between these three components of petroleum pro- duction. Conversely, the fragmentary data on quantitative postwar petroleum production claimed by the USSR cannot be concisely related to either total petroleum production or any…

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79S01046A000100090001 -1 S-E-C-R-E-T CONTENTS Page Summary . ‘ . . . oo. 1 I. Production 2 2 II. Terminology and Technology .... +. e+ +s. « «© «© ew » 2 III. US Practice and Data 1... 1. ee ee ee wwe 5 IV. Soviet Practice and Data . 1... se ee eee ewe wenn 6 V. Production of Natural-Gas Liquids in the USSR ..... 8 VI. Production of Natural Gas in the USSR... . i) Appendixes Appendix A. Methodology . . 1... 5» « © «© © © ew tw we we we 11 Appendix B. Gaps in Intelligence ........45460806 39 Appendix C. Sources . 1... eee ee ee eo ee te ew ee hi Tables 1…

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79S01046A000100090001-1 Page 5. Selected Physical Properties of Normal Hydrocarbons Occurring in Natural-Gas Liquids and Natural Gas ... 15 6. Distribution of Proved Reserves of Petroleum Components in the US in Terms of Percent by Welent of Crude Oil, 1946 and 1952 6 6 ww ee ew ee ee 18 ¢~. Production Compared with Gross Withdrawals from Oilfields of Crude Oil, Natural-Gas Liquids, Natural Gas, and Total Petroleum in the USSR and the US, Selected Years 1930-52 ww ww we ew ww ww tw ww ww ww we th 20 8. Estimated Prewar Production and Withdrawals of Crud…

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79S01046A000100090001-1 CIA/RR RA S-E-C-R-E-T (ORR Project 25.192) PRODUCTION OF NATURAL GAS AND NATURAL-GAS LIQUIDS IN THE USSR* Summary It is estimated that natural-gas liquids produced in the USSR in 1953 were equal to about 6 percent of the weight of crude oil, as contrasted with a 10-percent ratio in the US. It appears that in Soviet oilfields additional natural~gas liquids can be recovered from wet natural gas now being wasted, probably with less effort than would be required for an equivalent increase in crude oil. The utilization of natural gas …

Approved For Release 1999/09/08 : CIA-RDP79S01046A000100090001-1 — ee eee I. Production. Estimates and forecasts of the production of natural gas and natural-gas liquids in the USSR by years from 1927-28 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1955 are given in Table 1.* No effort has been made to esti- mate the production of these commodities during the World War II years, 194] through 194k, Also shown in Table 1 are the estimates of the annual production of crude oil in the USSR and of the total production of petroleum -- crude oil plus natural-gas liquids plus natural gas. A column headed "Total Liquid Hy…