Oro negro del Caribe en la Bahía Blanca. El transporte naval de petróleo en el camino al autoabastecimiento en Argentina (1951-1963).

Abstract

Oil, has been a topic of political and economic discussion which went through in the last century in the Argentina both ideological aspects as economic interests. As a flag, from left to right abounded nationalist or anti-imperialist arguments that faced other openings and internationalists. As input, it was often the Achilles heel of the development projects where the oil cartels oscillated between supply it or remove it with strong concessions. Argentina as a country with oil, domestic production and imports combined with different proportions according to what they could produce the national company or what could be imported according to the resources available. One aspect of this problem has not yet been addressed and responds to a series of questions such as what was the progression of the income from oil in Bahia Blanca in relation to the total of the country? and how is the self-sufficiency trend reflected in both levels of integration? Where was imported oil produced? How was it transported? Who transported it? And finally how struck the oil policy in navigation? i.e. do as struck in navigation import and the oil contracts in the distribution of oil between the places of production, refining and consumption? From the data provided mainly by books from Custom of Bahia Blanca, we will try to answer these and other questions.