Jackson Lennock
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In the autumn of 1940, Japan requested 3.15 million barrels of oil from the Dutch East Indies, but received a counteroffer of only 1.35 million.
The Liaohe oil field (per OP) has total proven reserves of 6.87 billion barrels, and production peaked in the mid-90s at ~315,000 a day or 15.75M tonnes/annum.
The Daqing oil field contained 16 billion barrels when first discovered in 1960. At its peak the field's production rate was about 800,000 barrels per day (per Wikpedia), but as of 2021 it is 600,000 barrels.
The Shengli oil field has about 650,000 barrels pumped per day.
Sakhalin Field I pumps about 250,000 barrels per day now, and Sakhalin Field II pumps about 395,000 barrels per day. These fields were discovered in the 90s and I am unsure if they could have been exploited with the technology available during WWII, but I suppose the fields available at the time which Japan was pumping in coordination with Russia were similar.
But it seems that even without aggressive expansion elsewhere (like the DEI) Japan could have access to around an additional ~1,760,000 barrels of oil production daily (maybe more or maybe less, as I do not know the details).
The Liaohe oil field (per OP) has total proven reserves of 6.87 billion barrels, and production peaked in the mid-90s at ~315,000 a day or 15.75M tonnes/annum.
The Daqing oil field contained 16 billion barrels when first discovered in 1960. At its peak the field's production rate was about 800,000 barrels per day (per Wikpedia), but as of 2021 it is 600,000 barrels.
The Shengli oil field has about 650,000 barrels pumped per day.
Sakhalin Field I pumps about 250,000 barrels per day now, and Sakhalin Field II pumps about 395,000 barrels per day. These fields were discovered in the 90s and I am unsure if they could have been exploited with the technology available during WWII, but I suppose the fields available at the time which Japan was pumping in coordination with Russia were similar.
But it seems that even without aggressive expansion elsewhere (like the DEI) Japan could have access to around an additional ~1,760,000 barrels of oil production daily (maybe more or maybe less, as I do not know the details).