"c           VAR 0114      05013 RUDE TO 3R 918-941               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0114         LOC  987 WIDTH  9             DK  16 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CRUDE PETROLEUM STOCKS, END OF THE MONTH                      "
"c              ----------------------------------------                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05013                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF BARRELS (OF 42 U.S. GALLONS)              "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1918-02/1941; 04-07/1941                "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DATA FOR 1918-1929:            "
"c              PETROLEUM REFINERY STATISTICS, BULLETIN NO. 339, PP. 12-23    "
"c              (FOR 1924 OVERLAP SEE MINERAL RESOURCES, 1925, PT. 2, P.      "
"c              350); DATA FOR 1930:  BULLETIN NO. 367, AND MINERAL           "
"c              RESOURCES, 1930, PT. 2, P. 834; DATA FOR 1931:  MINERALS      "
"c              YEARBOOK, 1931, PT. 2, PP. 599 AND 636; DATA FOR 1932:        "
"c              STATISTICAL APPENDIX TO MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1932-1933, PP.     "
"c              330 AND 349; FOR 1933-1934:  MINERALS YEARBOOKS; FOR          "
"c              1935-1938:  ECONOMIC PAPER NO. 20; FOR 1939-1941:  MONTHLY    "
"c              PETROLEUM STATEMENTS                                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05013 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1918-1941 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1938-1956.                                                    "
"c                    DATA FOR 1930-1933 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER FROM SOURCES   "
"c              BY ADDING THE TOTAL U.S. CRUDE FIGURE TO CALIFORNIA HEAVY     "
"c              AND CRUDE OIL.                                                "
"c                   DATA CONSIST OF STOCKS EAST OF CALIFORNIA -- AT          "
"c              REFINERIES, PIPE LINES AND TANK FORMS, PRODUCERS' STOCKS,     "
"c              FOREIGN HELD BY IMPORTERS -- AND STOCKS IN CALIFORNIA --      "
"c              LIGHT CRUDE, HEAVY CRUDE AND FUEL OIL.                        "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1924, THE CALIFORNIA PORTION OF THE DATA    "
"c              WAS PUT ON A NEW BASIS OF REPORTING AND HEREON INCLUDES FUEL  "
"c              OIL NOT FORMERLY COVERED; CALIFORNIA DATA NOW SPECIFICALLY    "
"c              REPRESENT"HEAVY CRUDE AND FUEL OIL, AND LIGHT CRUDE."  THE    "
"c              BUSINESS ADVISORY AND PLANNING COUNCIL FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF  "
"c              COMMERCE, IN"NOTES ON EXISTING SERIES OF DATA," (P. 28)       "
"c              STATES: "BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE IN THE METHOD OF REPORTING     "
"c              THE CALIFORNIA DATA, THE SERIES IS NOT COMPARABLE             "
"c              THROUGHOUT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE INCLUSION IN CALIFORNIA OF   "
"c              FUEL OIL ADDS A FINISHED PRODUCT.  THE LACK OF COMPARABILITY  "
"c              AS HERE REPRESENTED, HOWEVER, IS NOT SERIOUS." (SEE MINERAL   "
"c              RESOURCES, 1925, PT. 2, P. 350.)                              "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1930, THERE WAS A CURTAILEMNT OF            "
"c              PRODUCTION.                                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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