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ECONOMIC REGION : USSR
(All capacity quoted in 1,000 MTY)
Plant
Total Crude
Cracking
Location
Throughput Capacity
Capacity
Northwest
425
10
South
668
275
Southeast
7,460
2,666
Transcaucasus
17,615
2,517
Volga
1,379
3,703
Central Industrial
2,270
475
Urals
4,225
2,034
Western Siberia
/ any
3,234
2,156
Eastern Siberia
56
Far East
1,000
135
Total
s.s.
38,332
13,971
d. Based on indigenous crude oil production
high-octane combat aviation gasoline, will
of 32.8 million metric tons in 1949, the avail-
practically meet requirements. The follow-
able refined products, with the exception of
ing summary illustrates this:
(Millions of Metric Tons)
Requirements
Availability
Shortage
Peace
War
Peace
War
Peace
War
Gasoline
7.5
11.5
7.1
9.6
.4
1.9
Kerosene
5.5
4.8
5.3
4.0
.2
.8
Diesel Oil
4.9
4.9
4.7
4.1
.2
.8
Lubricating Oil
1.9
2.0
1.8
1.6
.1
.4
Residual Fuel Oil
10.1
10.6
9.7
8.9
.4
1.7
Totals
29.9
33.8
28.6
28.2
1.3
5.6
The shortages are based on indigenous produc-
octane gasoline is available. However, ample
tion and can be made up by imports and
jet fuel production facilities are available along
synthetic production with a surplus for peace-
with sufficient crude oil supplies to satisfy re-
time consumption and a relatively small deficit
quirements for air force operations, providing
for war.
sufficient and satisfactory jet-propelled air-
e. Because adequate specialized equipment,
craft are available. Requirements for high-
such as catalytic cracking plants, alkylation
octane aviation gasoline will be reduced to the
and polymerization units, is decidedly lacking,
extent that jet-engined planes replace piston-
production of high-octane combat aviation
engined planes.
gasoline, which is so necessary in an air age,
The estimated Soviet aviation fuel require-
lags far behind requirements. From the avail-
ment for the first year of operations in war
able information, it appears that the USSR
is approximately 2.5 million metric tons of
can produce only 35-50 percent of its high
high-octane combat aviation gasoline, of which
octane combat aviation gasoline for full oper-
only approximately 1 million metric tons can
ational requirements. In operations where
be produced. An additional estimated 1,500,-
higher-octane gasoline is not required, 75-85
000 metric tons of 75-85 octane gasoline, which
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