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petroleum barrel

Total world production/consumption (as of 2005) is approximately 84 million barrels per day (= Mbbl/d)
1 barrel (American) = 158,984 liter = 42 USA Gallons
(bron: http://dictionnaire.sensagent.com/petroleum/en-en/#definitions)

About 10% of this volume pertains to fossile liquid fuels from tar sands, natural gas etc.

world map of oil producing countries

World map of oil producing countries: the darker the colour, the more oil is being produced.
Source: http://worldofsurvival.nl/peakoil.html, d.d. 15-12-2011

OPEC
De OPEC - Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries established on Sseptember 14th 1960. Per December 2011 this oil cartel counts 12 member countries. The head office is located in Vienna (Austria).
Oldest members (since 1960) are Irak, Iran, Koewait, Saoedie-Arabia en Venezuela.
In 1961 Quatar joined Opec.
In 1962 Libië and Indonesië, but Indonesië left the cartel in 2008.
In 1967 de VAE - United Arab Emirates: consisting out of seven emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Qaywayn, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah.
In 1969 Algeria
In 1971 Nigeria
In 1973 Equador (from 1973 - 1992) and again since 2007.
In 1975 Gabon (until 1994)
In 2007 Angola

Opec is per 2011 good for about 40% of the world's oil production
Sources:
FD, dec. 15th 2011
OPEC


Top petroleum-producing countries (Source: Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government.)

Oil producing countries, in order of amount produced in 2004 in MMbbl/d & ML/d:

# Producing Nation for 2004 (×million barrels/d) (×1000 m³/d)
1 Saudi Arabia (OPEC) 10.37 1,649
2 Russia 9.27 1,474
3 United States 1 8.69 1,382
4 Iran (OPEC) 4.09 650
5 Mexico 1 3.83 609
6 China 1 3.62 576
7 Norway 1 3.18 506
8 Canada 1,3 3.14 499
9 Venezuela (OPEC) 1 2.86 455
10 United Arab Emirates (OPEC) 2.76 439
11 Kuwait (OPEC) 2.51 (3 in 2009);
Tax. 2020: 4 milj.
399
12 Nigeria (OPEC) 2.51 399
13 United Kingdom 1 2.08 331
14 Iraq (OPEC) 2 2.03 (2,4 in 2009) 323

1 peak production of conventional oil already passed in this state

2 Though still a member, Iraq has not been included in production figures since 1998

3 Canada has the world's second largest oil reserves when tar sands are included, and is the leading source of U.S. imports, averaging 1.7 MMbbl/d in April 2006 [4].
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Top petroleum-exporting countries

Oil exports by country, in order of amount exported in 2003:
  1. Saudi Arabia (OPEC)
  2. Russia
  3. Norway 1
  4. Iran (OPEC)
  5. United Arab Emirates (OPEC)
  6. Venezuela (OPEC) 1
  7. Kuwait (OPEC)
  8. Nigeria (OPEC)
  9. Mexico 1
  10. Algeria (OPEC)
  11. Libya (OPEC) 1

1 peak production already passed in this state

Note that the USA consumes almost all of its own production, while the UK has recently become a net-importer rather than net-exporter.

Total world production/consumption (as of 2005) is approximately 84 million barrels per day.



Top petroleum-producing countries (Source: Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government.)

Oil producing countries, in order of amount produced in 2004 in MMbbl/d & ML/d:

# Producing Nation for 2004 (×million barrels/d) (×1000 m³/d)
1 Saudi Arabia (OPEC) 10.37 1,649
2 Russia 9.27 1,474
3 United States 1 8.69 1,382
4 Iran (OPEC) 4.09 650
5 Mexico 1 3.83 609
6 China 1 3.62 576
7 Norway 1 3.18 506
8 Canada 1,3 3.14 499
9 Venezuela (OPEC) 1 2.86 455
10 United Arab Emirates (OPEC) 2.76 439
11 Kuwait (OPEC) 2.51 (3 in 2009);
Tax. 2020: 4 milj.
399
12 Nigeria (OPEC) 2.51 399
13 United Kingdom 1 2.08 331
14 Iraq (OPEC) 2 2.03 (2,4 in 2009) 323

1 peak production of conventional oil already passed in this state

2 Though still a member, Iraq has not been included in production figures since 1998

3 Canada has the world's second largest oil reserves when tar sands are included, and is the leading source of U.S. imports, averaging 1.7 MMbbl/d in April 2006 [4].

 

Top petroleum-exporting countries

Oil exports by country, in order of amount exported in 2003:
  1. Saudi Arabia (OPEC)
  2. Russia
  3. Norway 1
  4. Iran (OPEC)
  5. United Arab Emirates (OPEC)
  6. Venezuela (OPEC) 1
  7. Kuwait (OPEC)
  8. Nigeria (OPEC)
  9. Mexico 1
  10. Algeria (OPEC)
  11. Libya (OPEC) 1

1 peak production already passed in this state

Note that the USA consumes almost all of its own production, while the UK has recently become a net-importer rather than net-exporter.

Total world production/consumption (as of 2005) is approximately 84 million barrels per day.

Top petroleum-consuming countries (jaar ?)

# Consuming Nation (bbl/day) (m³/day)
1 United States 20,030,000 3,184,516
2 China 6,391,000 1,016,088
3 Japan 5,578,000 886,831
4 Russia 2,800,000 445,164
5 Germany 2,677,000 425,609
6 India 2,320,000 368,851
7 Canada 2,300,000 365,671
8 South Korea 2,061,000 327,673
9 France 2,060,000 327,514
10 Italy 1,874,000 297,942
11 Saudi Arabia 1,775,000 282,202
12 Mexico 1,752,000 278,546
13 United Kingdom 1,722,000 273,776
14 Brazil 1,610,000 255,970

Source: CIA World Factbook

top petroleum non-producing
and consuming countries (jaar ?)

# Consuming Nation (bbl/day) (m³/day)
1 Japan 5,578,000 886,831
2 Germany 2,677,000 425,609
3 India 2,320,000 368,851
4 South Korea 2,061,000 327,673
5 France 2,060,000 327,514
6 Italy 1,874,000 297,942
7 Spain 1,537,000 244,363
8 Netherlands 946,700 150,513

Source : CIA World Factbook

Top petroleum-importing countries (jaar ?)

# Importing Nation (bbl/day) (m³/day)
1 United States 13,150,000 2,090,683
2 Japan 5,449,000 866,322
3 China 3,226,000 512,893
4 Netherlands 2,284,000 363,127
5 France 2,281,000 362,650
6 South Korea 2,263,000 359,788
7 Italy 2,158,000 343,095
8 Germany 2,135,000 339,438
9 India 2,090,000 332,283
10 Spain 1,582,000 251,518
11 United Kingdom 1,084,000 172,342
12 Belgium 1,042,000 165,665
13 Canada 963,000 153,105
14 Turkey 616,500 98,016

Source: CIA World Factbook

(source of the 5 tables above: http://dictionnaire.sensagent.com/petroleum/en-en/#definitions,27 November 27th 2008 )

Oil producing countries

China
Since ca. 1992 China consumes more oil than it produces. So, imports increase and increasingly so.

China oil production and consumption


India
The second most populated country in the world increases oil consumption exponentially, whereas oil production seems to remain equal over the last 15 years, after 1995. Consequently imports rise enormously, but, in 2007, still only half the amount China imports: 2 million barrels / day versus 4 million.
India oil consumption

Iraq

Iraq: oil fields

Location of major oil fields.
In Koerdistan alone one estimates in the year 2010 an oil rserve of 45 billion barrels (FD, 6-4-2010)

USA
About 1/4th of its oil consumption comes from Mexico (source FD, 10-11-2009)
U.S. imports from Canada, amounted to 1.7 million barrels / day (MMbbl/d) in April 2006.



Summerland oilfields, California, some 100 years ago

Off shore oil drilling, some hundred years ago at Summerland California (source: Keith Kohl , Energy and Capital, October 30th, 2012).


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