More European oil fields discovered before WW2

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From what I can see, the original question was what would happen if the extra oil production was available in 1940 and fell into German hands in a state that was fairly quickly usable....

......so, would Hitler still look East when he did, would there be changes in priority?

A quick calculation suggests that the oil in the fields described would have kept a 1938 Germany going for 50 years or so, not sure if the rate of extraction would be sufficient year on year.
 
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From what I can see, the original question was what would happen if the extra oil production was available in 1940 and fell into German hands in a state that was fairly quickly usable....

......so, would Hitler still look East when he did, would there be changes in priority?
IMHO yes, because they needed more than just oil from the USSR. And there is still the ideological reasons for invading. Its just that come 1942 there is a somewhat different strategy and no crushing need to grab Soviet oil no matter what.
 
of course they had to trade with Soviets to circumvent the Allied blockade, just think they would be in MARGINAL better position with deals that exclude oil (they have their own) and ITTL they would have enough coal to send in partial payment.

The USSR didn't need coal. Germany could trade that to Italy or Romania instead. They would probably benefit from continuing to trade for OTL levels of oil from the USSR before the invasion due to oil needs not being met ITTL until 1943 when that year's synthetic production expansion was complete. Perhaps though they can invest the savings on not needing to expand it as much into earlier high octane fuels for their aircraft.

from Wiki "Stalin at the time agreed in vague terms to supply Germany with additional oil equal to that produced by now Soviet-occupied Polish oil fields at Drohobych and Boryslav in exchange for hard coal and steel tubing" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German–Soviet_Commercial_Agreement_(1940)

cannot find a specific figure on percentage of coal production that went into synthetic program?

could then calculate the amount of coal available from lower synthetic production.
 
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