[Sid Guttridge]

Does anyone know the sources of Italian oil in 1939?

I would be most interested in the percentages provided by each source.

In particular, I am trying to find out how important Western Hemisphere oil (from the USA, Venezuela, Mexico, etc.) was to Italy in the last year of peace.

Many thanks.

Sid.

[Jeff Leser]

Sid

I don't have the type of info right at hand. I would need to check around. Unfortunately, CARL here at the college is being renovated and I can no longer just walk over and peruse the stacks to find information (won't reopen until March of 2013).

Pista!

Jeff

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi Jeff,

Many thanks for the reply. I would be most interested in anything you can find.

Cheers,

Sid.

[Dili]

Try to search League of the Nations Economic Data.

[madmike]

try also there, the last 10 tables.

http://cronologia.le...ria/a1936zc.htm

[Dili]

http://digilander.li...iautarchici.htm

http://digilander.li...statistiche.htm

[Gian]

It is likely that much oil came from overseas. Italy had a large tanker fleet, however many of them were outside the Med when Italy declared war. A large part of them were lost, either scuttled or impounded.