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Gubkin, I. M. (Ivan Mikhaĭlovich), 1871-1939. The natural wealth of the Soviet union and its exploitation - Image 48. 1932. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. University of Houston Digital Library. Web. April 21, 2021. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/6492/show/6463.

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Gubkin, I. M. (Ivan Mikhaĭlovich), 1871-1939. (1932). The natural wealth of the Soviet union and its exploitation - Image 48. Socialist and Communist Pamphlets. Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries. Retrieved from https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/6492/show/6463

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Gubkin, I. M. (Ivan Mikhaĭlovich), 1871-1939, The natural wealth of the Soviet union and its exploitation - Image 48, 1932, Socialist and Communist Pamphlets, Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries, accessed April 21, 2021, https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp/item/6492/show/6463.

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Title	The natural wealth of the Soviet union and its exploitation
Alternative Title	The natural wealth of the Soviet union and its exploitation: an address delivered before the extraordinary session of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet union held in Moscow, June 21 - 27, 1931
Creator (LCNAF)	Gubkin, I. M. (Ivan Mikhaĭlovich), 1871-1939
Contributor (Local)	Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR
Publisher	Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R.
Place of Creation (TGN)	Moscow, Russia
Date	1932
Subject.Topical (LCSH)	Natural resources
Subject.Geographic (TGN)	Soviet Union
Genre (AAT)	pamphlets
Language	English
Type (DCMI)	Text
Original Item Location	HC335.G82 1932
Original Item URL	http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304510~S5
Original Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection	Socialist and Communist Pamphlets
Digital Collection URL	http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Repository URL	http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections
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File Name	index.cpd

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Title	Image 48
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Transcript	The extent to which our gas resources have been utilised is quite negligible. Before the revolution the gases emanating from our oil deposits were almost unutilised, and millions of tons were allowed to escape freely. Now, after the introduction of the so-called closed exploitation in our oilfields, we catch the gas and utilise it in two directions: first, as fuel, and second, for the extraction of gasoline at our gasoline works, of which we now have six: three at Baku and three at Grozny. However, the quantities are rather small in comparison with what we might obtain. Thus, in 1930 we obtained 572,000 tons of gas from our oilfields, or 3 per cent of the oil mined. The 1931 plan envisages the mining of 944,000 tons of gas. Comparing these figures with the corresponding figures for the U.S.A. we see how puny ours are. In 1925 the U.S.A. obtained 33.7 million tons of gas, whereas in the current yeaf we produced only 127,000 tons. At present America produces up to 50 billion cubic metres of gas, equivalent to approximately 50 million tons of oil, which matches our record oil output set for 1933. In 1926 the gasoline works in the United States of America manufactured about 5 billion litres of gasoline, or about 31.3 million barrels. Of course, our figures appear almost infinitesimal when compared with those of America, but when placed alongside our pre-revolutionary statistics, we see a considerable gain in the utilisation of gas. The 1931 plan provides for an output of gas of nearly one million tons, which is equal to the oil output of the entire Maikop region and is more than twice that of Emba. Moreover, this gas is obtainable without any special outlay of money, being merely incident to the production of oil. If we are to develop our gas industry on a large scale, it is an essential prerequisite that all areas rich in gases be thoroughly explored. 46