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A map of world oil reserves, January 2014.

Trends in proved oil reserves in top

five countries, 1980-2013 (date from

US Energy Information

Administration)

List of countries by proven oil reservesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a list ofcountries byproven oilreserves.

Contents

1 Methodology

2 Countries

3 See also

4 References

Methodology

Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can beestimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from knownreservoirs and under current economic conditions.

Some statistics on this page are disputed and controversial. Different sources (OPEC, CIA World Factbook, oilcompanies) give different figures and there are different types of oil, ranging from cheap and easy to recover oils toshale oil or oil sands, which are more expensive and difficult to recover.

Because proven reserves includes oil recoverable under current economic conditions, nations may see largeincreases in proved reserves when known but previously uneconomic deposits become economic to develop. Inthis way Canada's proven reserves increased suddenly in 2003 when the oil sands of Alberta were seen to beeconomically viable. Similarly, Venezuela's proven reserves jumped in the late 2000s when the heavy oil of theOrinoco was judged economic.

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Countries

Reserves amounts are listed in millions of barrels (MMbbl).

Country Reserves (MMbbl)

— OPEC 1,112,448 - 1,199,707

1 Venezuela (see: Oil reserves in Venezuela) 297,570[1]

2 Saudi Arabia (see: Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia) 267,910

3 Canada (see: Oil reserves in Canada) 173,625 - 175,200

4 Iran (see: Oil reserves in Iran) 157,300[2]

5 Iraq (see: Oil reserves in Iraq) 140,300[3]

6 Kuwait (see: Oil reserves in Kuwait) 104,000[1]

7 United Arab Emirates (see: Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates) 97,800

8 Russia (see: Oil reserves in Russia) 80,000[1]

9 Libya (see: Oil reserves in Libya) 48,014

10 Nigeria (see: Oil reserves in Nigeria) 37,200

11 Kazakhstan 30,002

12 United States (see: Oil reserves in the United States) 26,544[4]

13 China 25,585

14 Qatar 25,382

15 Brazil 13,986

16 Mexico (see: Oil reserves in Mexico) 10,264[1]

17 Algeria 12,200

18 Angola 10,470

19 India 9,043

20 Ecuador 8,240

21 Azerbaijan 7,000

22 Norway 6,900

23 United Kingdom 6,900

— European Union(Excluding the UK) 6,700

24 Malaysia 5,800

25 Oman 5,500

26 Ghana (see: Oil reserves in Ghana) 5,000

27 Egypt 4,500

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27 Egypt 4,500

28 Vietnam 4,400

29 Australia 4,158

30 Indonesia 3,990- 4,118

31 Gabon 3,700

32 Yemen 3,000[5][6]

33 Argentina 2,805

34 Sudan 2,800

35 Syria 2,500

36 Mongolia 2,493

37 Colombia 2,377

38 Congo, Republic of the 1,940

39 Equatorial Guinea 1,705

40 Chad 1,500

41 Peru 1,240

43 Brunei 1,200

44 Uganda 1,000

45 Denmark 900

46 Trinidad and Tobago 830

47 Romania 650

47 Turkmenistan 600

48 Uzbekistan 594

49 East Timor 554

50 Bolivia 465

51 Thailand 442

52 Tunisia 425

53 Italy 400

54 Ukraine 395

55 Pakistan 313

56 Netherlands 310

57 Germany 276

58 Turkey 262

59 Cameroon 200

60 Albania 199

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61 Belarus 198

62 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180

63 Cuba (see: Oil reserves in Cuba) 124[1]

64 Papua New Guinea 170

65 Philippines 168

66 New Zealand 166

66 Chile 150

68 Spain 150

69 Bahrain 125

70 France 101

71 Ivory Coast 100

72 Mauritania 100

73 Poland 96

74 Austria 89

75 Guatemala 83

76 Afghanistan 80[7]

77 Suriname 79

78 Serbia 77

79 Croatia 66

80 Burma 50

81 Japan 44

82 Kyrgyzstan 40

83 Georgia 35

84 Hungary 26

85 Bangladesh 28

86 Bulgaria 15

87 South Africa 15

88 Czech Republic 15

89 Lithuania 12

90 Tajikistan 12

91 Greece 10

92 Slovakia 9

93 Benin 8

94 Belize 7

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94 Belize 7

95 Taiwan 2

96 Israel 2

97 Barbados 2

98 Jordan 1

99 Morocco 0.7

100 Ethiopia 0.4

101 Bahamas 0[1]

- Total World (2011)[8] 1,481,526

See also

List of countries by oil production

List of countries by oil consumption

References

1. ̂a b c d e f US Energy Information Administration, International energy statistics

(http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=5&pid=57&aid=6), (proved reserves as of 2013).

2. ^ http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/330.htm

3. ^ http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/330.htm

4. ^ US Energy Information Administration, International energy statistics

(http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=5&pid=57&aid=6), (proved reserves as of 2012).

5. ^ "Oil and gas in Yemen"

(http://www.peacebuilding.no/var/ezflow_site/storage/original/application/1630404e1a2c92bff47e10ff0a8f92cc.pdf

). NOREF peacebuilding. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

6. ^ "Energy and Minerals in Yemen" (http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=YM). US Energy information

Administration. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

7. ^ "Minerals in Afghanistan" (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2010/myb3-2010-af.pdf). USGS

Minerals gov. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

8. ^ "OPEC: World proven crude oil reserves by country, 1960-2011"

(http://www.opec.org/library/Annual%20Statistical%20Bulletin/interactive/current/FileZ/XL/T31.HTM). Opec.org.

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