Petroleum Import Policy of the United States

Abstract

1,500,000 barrels per day and civilian consumption was cut about 400,000 barrels per day. The shift in demand necessitated the production of an entirely new range of products, which was accomplished in spite of shortage of manpower and materials and necessity of developing new means of transportation. However, it should be noted that its achievement was due in part to pre-war government sponsored methods of proration which restricted rate of withdrawal of crude and resulted in