PROVISIONAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT PETROLEUM IN THE SOVIET BLOC PRODUCTION AND EXPLORATION OF PETROLEUM IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF AUSTRIA CIA/RR PR-17 (II-C) 11 JUNE 1952

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SMURITY INFORMATION
PROVISIONAL INTELLIUNCE REPORT
PETROLEUM IN T.1.1E SOVIET BLOC.
IMBEILELABLDIWATION OF PETROMM IN TUE SOVIET ZONE OF AUSTRIA
CIA/BR PRp.17 (II.C)
11 :ana 1952
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Thic report, is cm, or a Ger es of pr.::vis'-j3. repots pertain:n- to pltrol
riA%
in the Soviet Bloc.
The entire series is intended to cover all phases of petroleum,
natural gas, z-nd synthetic liquid fuels in the Soviet Taloa. These reports are
presented as an intor_mediate step in consolidating pertinent intelli;:7enco on tho
sulject and not as a ,:lnished study. In the consolidation o:7 t.14.1 avells:Nle in?
formation, various reports and documents representin: research by other into:Ply:men
ac:oncies were utilised along uith the resrl's of research and analysis by me-lb-Int
of the staff of CIA.
It is intended that this seri )s of reports iJ.lservo the. ..:7,31...7.ouing purposes:
Represent a base for contributions and additfons by CIA and other
a-,,encies actively interested in petro2etra
b. Facilitate the selection of the specific and detailed gaps in
intolligmeevrarrantfn; priority attention.
c. Provide the basis for a broad study on petrolem in the Soviet ilea
and various studies directed touard specific critical proi-lems.
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CONTEI,ITS
biza
SU71 ay and Conciusiono .............?.....?. 1
1. Crudo 011 Proth:ction 13st:7,1.-t-)s ....... ? ... . . 2
2. PArolowl Pos'asv-Is and rutmro PrefToete ? 4 4 4
3, Puture Itpiorntions . 44,44 ..... pos. .,....ra 6
4. Patrol.otri enolocry . . . ................ 7
a.. Innen' "3.enno. 'cls:'n ??. ..... ..?....? 7
b. Out--_,,r VI mina a, sin
et,
C "Inn: ui?ion n
ci.3svar:Tan iri
Production :listory . .... 404 9
6? Q1. Fiolds , ? ... ..
a. Matzon nold ?040,444 4
b? Inohlb14
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c* St, uirich-:--h.z,o.f.reliin r131d
4 4
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0 a
04 ?
pi) Van Sicklq Dorn 15
) Flysch lad-so . . ? ???4?4.. 0.060 16
d. aistersdorr -iold ...... ...... ? . ? 13
Goosting Dons ....... . . .
2 R?A.G. Drrto . ? ? ? ............. ? ? . 19
e. Raz 171,31d , ...... 4444444444..0 19
f. thustronk 71.11d . . ? . . .
z. Iloimarupporsdorf risid
7? Soviet Control and Dovoloplmt
3. Typos of .1ustr:!an Crude 011 ? .
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SECURITY I*ORMATION
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PR?D1"14"1"CPWRATIM OF F1'"-------------71: S.oViir ZONE 21.?ALTS1141
ftmary and Qopelusions
. Within the European Satellites of the USSR the Soviet Zone of Austria is the
second most important source of. petroleum, Rumania being the most important oil ?
producing Satellite. It is estimated that 2,400,000 metric tons of crude oil were
produced in. 1951. . In 1952 the production from present, facilities is expected to
equal 1951 and rapid development of possible new discoveries could raise the 1952
production to 3,000,000 metric tons.. (Hee II, AVAILABILITY OF CRUDE PMOLEUM
IN THE EUROPEAN SATELLITES). However, a decline from present producing facilities
is expected to a level of 2,300,000 metric tons in 1953.
All of Austria's oil fields are old and fully developed except the Matzen Field
which was put on production in 1949, and which now accounts for more than half of
Austria's crude oil production. Production is declining in all of the older
Austrian oil fields.. Available data indicate that current development of the
M4tzen Field IP' will probably compensate for the declining production of the older
fields in 1952.
Any significant increase in crude oil production at this time will probably
,depend in part on the construction of storage facilities, as the present known
storage 2/ and refining 2/ facilities are operating at laximum capacity. Additional
storage, of the open type with a capacity of 100,000 tons2/ is being considered
by the, Soviets.
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The proved oil reserves as of January 1952 in the Soviet Zone of Austria, .
are estimated at 11,966,000 metric tons, and are equivalent to 5 times the 1951
level of production.
The production of crude petroleum in the Soviet Zone of Austria is shown in
Table 1. It is small when compared with that of the USSR. However, it is of
considerable importance to the Soviet Bloc, for exports of crude oil and some
refined products go to CZechoslovakia? Bast Germany, Poland and Hungary.
Allocations of petroleum products to non-Soviet Austria have only recently equaled
requirements for fuel oil and gasoline.
' TABLE 1. ESTIMATZD CRUDE PRODUCTION OF SOVIET ZONE OF AUSTRIA FROA PR711SaNT
;FACILITIES AND COAPARISON WITH USSR, 1950-1951
Soviet Zone Austria
azie Oil Production
1950 170001
1951
1952 3,090oil
let Half 2,770,,W
1953
USSR
Percent of
_Al Production 2/ USSR 01,12aeog=0A__
37,500.
41.000.
44.000.
23,000.
4.5
5.8
6.8
7.6
Ed USSR production from paper I-A? AVAILABILITY OF CRUDE PETROLEUM IN THE USSRC,
11/ Total production for 1950 amounted to 1,299 thousand metric tons. 1.2/
IV Present facilities are not capable of producing 3,000,000 metric tons in 1952;
however rapid development of possible new discoveries in the Matzen Field may
increase production to 3,000,000 metric tons in 1952.
W Present facilities will probably produce from 2,200 to 2,300. thousand metric
tons in 1953; however new developments at Matzen in 1952 and additional dis-
coveries in 1953 may incroase production to the level indicated.
czatautitchwilmait=tme.
The crude oil production estimates fpr 1950 and 1951 shown in Tables 1.and 2
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41110 dr..111. CIO
3:rt7 ,rn f':ompilad ptimari4 fr,nrx in An Appt,n41/..z
dutnf-,r,'.('-.a3712, for 195,' (and 1953 were cale121:-.ted from the1i. f bot it
aTplied the rato-ewmulative prdtc.-etJn data fcx thc, period frl,m j'une 1950
pibr'Quingtki nethJd of least aquaros and mathdr..tAi,-..!?,,,t: r
it c;.oald not tx: u.f3t3d fryr the Ian ai,d,:kfA and
eic,Id2 'tiff-eau:1TP- of inad6:pat data, Ohere neary Liu.. 1949 dtxqtm
f.r rizad est Lvai?tos? This notri,Dct. f -17',:..:reoafltd.n,z a 13$urrtrYt 1.;11Cre
Lhe ratE ur eFfA4A of dovtiermic5nt froc, vear? y.,,aak,
In Tah'Itt, '2 arc' libtcd tho:: knovn pr u.inr fildo o 7.iont, of At:.stria,
AII thc, ficld wIth the. (-ser,t4on fHatr2enrc 1d and 3oMC. cre pruduing
concith, trattz, The ;17.rtz.h Fiad pd* ir than 5CrZ 1.astrla'5
alld. can pYTibably bo further atv&iopt,d raie tho cur:rent
tbr(tchfnit t92 Theteafttz ,:::?fartea rif crud oil 1111.1 b2 needed. ti.)
this prcdution rate.
? TZI2 WrilIATED ent7DE PETROU:011 MODUCTION BY EX r,TIECT FIELDS
.ZOVE lar=RIA 1950-53
. (,Thc,uand Tor..41)
Field
1950
Jt 1-la 1"
1453
rra4juctIcn ta
Leur o...uar.,??.,A
2574 44 9 :,':09 Inr r,t,tlidng
(1) J.'iderh.1,11
Nuehaberu 4300 4389 44,?!",? Di...f4ni si ng
Ct PiaaskilThE,h
(1) Van !".Izhic- anno.' 17902 1.0c0 ) 6, tt
(2) Flysch Rid
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TABLE .2., ESTRIATIM CRUDE .PETROLLIZI ITZODUCTICTI BY. EiT3T.T.110 FIELLI1? SCVILT-
ZONE AUSTRIA$ 1950.53 (Cont 'ci)
. (Thousand 'Metric Ton)
swonivpoinsose..Iark
Field
1950
1951
1st ff1f191,52
1952 195) Production rtatiia
.1111???????
40116.01./11.10.Mlile.W.1.0111.'
Zistemdcrf
(1) Get:sting ,56c7 50,40 I/ atreasing
(2) R 0 A ?G c, Dorn 200C) 183.5 165,0 tT 0
Itag 4.0,8 34.? 30.0 T,
Manstrenk , n.ac, a,a. 11.00.4 no. n,a,
rbhenrapperodc,..,:rt noa? ni,a?, la,,a, Ilea. .11,a,
__ MiENNevy.....?=???+:1?Mvilmfti?MONI.APM...........PW/O ...????????,..lii?Mfamn.ma.m.e.w.c Va?MWaft.........???11101?%?? 4????????
1orn-kr,o1V,2 4.C.490 0
00r) )
175O
If Data :for- 11-Itzon and 1deriU.a iro freqtAently c.,t1mbincx.1 and sinize prtidt.il,i..ion for
oath cu1d not be- c...4(..?.terminodbtii a.te horc.: treated as a 1.1.n1t? Outoui.r.
fr
pr.nontiai1t,ic, iestinr.ted at 1304 tailatisand metric',tnctxr-r?Tri:
devehTtiOnt a.nd. *7:x1)1o:ration program is here crodi.tod yield an
805 thousaati metric tons milking a total. ai
?
1),/ Data not, a.vailably ai noir.ircry.t,17,t 1353 tc.,t2-1
2,.ur Rccorves and Pu.4cr.r..!
To r7oNtiot..7,,,mr:, or
ii)O rr tcn..2?. Th..1.:4 ?
riIin rate?, rioet ,iMprdi-Ga filffickfit'tc 1.1Ie rv..wrws
tle ilbt9;T:Ir area; thr(7- very- LItti
(.717 th.i,::c,7./73 and C?c
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.A3211".1914,4r4
(5-tcrmined by eiftroyAaticm thc, e?irve osot fit the4ate,cultEltativ data
hvbilaW4 The dficlin fbAcr:i which 4R.,re used tie. Vati and
Gvestine fieLds ac 1.ata frt,r1 all or tne ether fields are inadA:...lat:u at thas
Thc: estimateli of prrnied reserves the remaihjar fielobs 4ere determined
by maltiplyinc thelr annual 1951 prc.duction rate by a factr cf rive, St:eh a
relatIonshir b(,t.Qe?n cturrent prAaetih ,h1d proved reserves iz 1ndizate4 fram
a study of the 1951 Ebtzet preduett)n oate and its relatlml to the esl.imate'.:
prreved reserves datormined for that fILd,, The 0-..-!estinr Field was not '?.zsed to
determint the? utove relatinshir: az this f1,61d is much hearer the end ot
it
pro detive and any relat:onship tublished in the! G .ingField vould
100 less app/icabie te-J ,5ther Austrin fieida than From the Natzen Field, TIv3
proved reserves ba of jbnuary 19524 for this 4.4ustrian nilfields are summarized in
Table 3. '
TABLE J. PROTLD CRUDE OIL RESERVES EU TIC SOVIET zon: OF AUrTLIII AS OF
JANUIRY 195.2
TbAten
(1) ilderkiaa
Iltichiberg
St?, Uirieh?Bauskirclion
O.) Van SirAls
(2) Flyseh Ridco
Zistersdcrf
(1) Ghosting
(2) R.L.G. Dom;
14011,--Iczzlio rt
1 '80
3540
917,
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TABLE 3, PROVED CRUDE OIL RESERVES II TM.; SOVIET zwE,OF anTRLII OF
JATTUART 1952,,
- Field
Itag
tht
Ilohewup .r,
41?????????ws???,.....??????????bralso.o..branayesma
Thuand MetZ'L Tins
183*
Fixture expltrratimsa1ilwst likely
?
eed ir
northeastward throw:11 Itt2en arid liderlaaa, ii3wervc. the
broat art ending
of. t- ttures
fa7orable f6r the decumaIntion jf, 1 and pps afl rrquire exttons:tv.
ratx
work and deep drilling Re rted 7ov1e4.. pleratIon a.tv1ies are orte-ed rLthiL
this bad arh L1rSG aAlvitic-s have been dirceLed Lziti
extenSion of various T.TOW: fields t'
h :4atera1 ension
her ti
th-eper
drilling,, The nest promising area is in tae, nitzen Field wher, 12 tj we
being drilled in September 1951,
defined althuugh eleven abondoned
Field is not cun.Lderc mplete.ty
?Iilieil were protably ct_nr, .octcd in tho
n rtheaSt. eas south and suuthwest sections,,? There is still tthqte
the completion ?If mny new vell
in the ?o'.1:47r.i
minor mti,nsions 1, 11 probably be nad84?
Sirae Soviet drilling aet.iciee lieea
Field,,,? the produotive area of
1952?
11,t TIC IVA
be concentrated vitliin th htzen
ield wil 1 b1y be aerined )efor) the end ot
0 'aw
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Other drilling activities are being carried out in the Fischamendk/
Enzersdorf.ltlein-Nausiedl area V and at Hohenruppersdorfw, Aderklaa
'Floridsdorf and Kaaren areas 2/. The Hohenruppersdorf Field was considered
exhausted in 1949; however prospects may exist in deeper sand zones. Deeper
drilling is being carried to these lower zones by the Soviets 2/. Thus far
there have been no reports of production from the Hohenrupperadorf Field during
1950.
Exploration activities designed to locate new prospects are not reported and
are probably not being undertaken at this time. This may reflect Soviet confidence
in the productive capacity of the Matzen Field.
4, petroleum GeO1ORV0
Austria is mostly mountainous and hilly. However, four basins are developed
within its boundaries. They are: (1) Inner Vienna Been, (2) Cuter Vienna Basin,
(3) Bavarian Basin, (4) Hungarian Basin. It is within these basin areas that known
oil fields and,oil prospects are located.
The geologic age of the strata in the mounteOn ranges and basin areas of Austria
range from Pre-Cambrian to Oligocene.. The present mountains developed from Alpine
orogenies extending from late Cretaceous to the Oligopene. There followed a period
of erosion and normal faultine of considerable magnitude. The basins resulting from
subsidence along the faults were inundated by the sea and great thicknesses of
brackish-water and Marine deposits, of Miocene age were laid down. Conformable fresh
water deposits of Pliocene age followed.
a. Inamlimai_Daan.
The Inner Vienna Bas:in is about 200 km long and 60 km wide and extends
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aeross northeastern Austria and southern Czechoslovakia. Geologically it is a
depression filled with Quaternary and Upper Tertiary formations overlying a basement
consisting of shales, sandstone and limestene The youngest basement rook is the
Plysch which is Upper Cretaceous to Olieocene in age and consists of altornating Vain
bedded sandstone and shales with occasional calcareous sandstones and thin limestone*.
This basin is separatu,: from the Outer Vienna basin to the north and west by the
Schrattenberg fault and a narrow alpine fold.
The Ootar Vienge 4Wa is located west and north of the inner basin and has
had comparatively little explaratary work done as it contains less organic narine
sediments, which are important in the formation atoll than the Inner Vienna Basin,
All the Pliocene and Upper and Middle ?liocene formations are &leant.
Bungariga Basta,
The ian acin lies southeast of the Inner Vienna Basin from Which it
in separated by the little Carpathian No.,,.z.tainee The mall part ol ie basin which
extends into Austria is considered to be unfavorable for oil accumulations because
of the lack of adevate source rocks above the natamorphic or igneous rocks of the
basin floor. The Miocene and Pliocene .be which are the sources of oil elsewhere in
the Great Mingarialit Basin appear to be missing in this area
.21=124.12,480
The Bavarian Basin extends weetward from Vienna into Bavaria and offers
considerable omite for the development oral]. and gas produetion. A portion of
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this basin has been explored fox' oil and cas4 several favorable, ar6a$ fot
petrcJitzwn z3t,:zuritilatim ?Lteon 3.17NeatWi, pertittlArgaiy' aL rit-icskirchri and
Lai skirekomc,
J1th;ug ,t1 pletilukAlton increased ot,co.dily ftiioinc, -)f? t,},m first
comenciaii.iL32, A=Istris."-?. virr .11
by Gtirtyanyj kf-t,6r tcrtain c .co in Au ::1n iiu.jq, Gemaan firma
nem Ir.rtLx1 i Lc! c.kvi?loritic ,nt nor-do s - Th t= eihc-e4
and Ga161,,,:bt-ru,fiiid iirord c.nd Joreicv,2d; AherrL
locatod art,I AIL:Arlan prd tGn C,11110-zi 1.4.= int:;rean'&,Rr&ctia inizrcesq.d
steadily ni1 J4L, J.ifl t peak f 3 9 036 tnr-r3 r?,. rptiTuc
In Arkril 104, the USSR
927i.430 ?cif
thc ALBtirin011 r lds =lam
la.c. Laidc,,iP..- tan; trrenni:
thit en pr
J J1fl4 intrrL,,,-x)
t,J11 du Ii Li;ii e r
t
f tiv; Gc..rratt ond rturiolo.r.; ,
LC? 1d7-ar 114 ind p.ro?tri and 147 st;rorldi; th4r,
In 'rabic rri.r.a.171.
TABLE fkirTIZIA:7 'ff?0:71.r.-717.1:f
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TABLE 4. AUSTRIAN AMIAL OIL PRODUCTI011 (Contld)
Thrusand flotrie Tons
Year
Crueb,
Frvducticci
Crusk
?rodaction
1935
6.657
1944
1zurs.p
1936
7h.18
1945
0.53
1)57
1946
191.(10
1938
56,656
1947
913c10
2939
14924
1948
907.80
194C
41'4,4
1949
03 ?
1947-
623.900
1950
_g,7 '1.00 IV
19.42
C67,849
51
6,
The lf,nown o17._ f-1 a' ,?'?-)f Ackst,:to locclt,(d. in
4!) 1,1 Gana -rt.,
Li....1-1U;I:r.r.t-rth and 1..tp r Ut Talal 5
eurnarl3c;,:..: t rtntcharac
.2,
.?44+24
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TAI3LE: 5, ATTSTRIMI OIL FIELLE
CupOtive Proved
- ? Discovery Production Arui producttivo Furl-11er
Ds.tete Dec. 1951 Acres Fenntion Dovelow.mt
moitrfr -tom)
L9ril
(1) Aderldari
be Iktehlberts
1949
48339510
1942 4173
1942 p 050 300
Slu? arich-limkskirthen
(.1) Van Sickle (111-.14-1,33)
(2') Ridr,e
ZistersdoTf
(1) Grosting Dozy4
(2) RAG Dosi 1937
nag
nr,a0.
r,? -.1hustrioniz(Erf-ArSild) 1941.
Botic..nyupp
ao,
??7414, Mot
ocen,-,- GO
311,..N01:
300Y TcMioceno
17,P4Adlo
Mioceu,
e 356,, 000
3,491f40
840
i,m3 rx,f-Jorte4 tr. 7;0
Pe sv. illy a*, "
eirtkr dc.141).
r.docem.: .Pacr
Liti.oceueFb
1E+40
cte Rawilbie
VZ,
tit!fliras
ble
4(1' (rWr
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