Have you ever wondered where the world's oil is being produced, who produces it, who consumes it and how much oil there is left? You will find these answers below.
2008 TOP WORLD OIL PRODUCERS (MILLIONS OF BARRELS PER DAY)
Rank | Country | Production | |
1 | 10,782 | ||
2 | 9,790 | ||
3 | 8,514 | ||
4 | 4,174 | ||
5 | 3,973 | ||
6 | 3,350 | ||
7 | 3,186 | ||
8 | 3,046 | ||
9 | 2,741 | ||
10 | 2,643 | ||
11 | 2,466 | ||
12 | 2,402 | ||
13 | 2,385 | ||
14 | 2,180 | ||
15 | 2,169 |
2008 TOP WORLD OIL CONSUMERS (MILLIONS OF BARRELS PER DAY)
Rank | Country | Consumption | |
1 | 19,498 | ||
2 | 7,831 | ||
3 | 4,785 | ||
4 | 2,962 | ||
5 | 2,916 | ||
6 | 2,569 | ||
7 | 2,485 | ||
8 | 2,376 | ||
9 | 2,261 | ||
10 | 2,175 | ||
11 | 2,128 | ||
12 | 1,986 | ||
13 | 1,741 | ||
14 | 1,710 | ||
15 | 1,639 |
2008 PROVEN WORLD OIL RESERVES (BILLIONS OF BARRELS)
 | | |
| >200 | Saudi Arabia (262.3) | |
| 100-200 | ||
| 50-100 | ||
| 25-50 | ||
| 10-25 | ||
| <10 | 78 countries | |
| 0 (none) | -2 countries | |
| (s) = Less than 500,000 barrels |
2008 TOP NET WORLD OIL IMPORTERS (THOUSANDS OF BARRELS PER DAY)
Rank | Country | Imports | |
1 | 10,984 | ||
2 | 4,652 | ||
3 | 3,858 | ||
4 | 2,418 | ||
5 | 2,144 | ||
6 | 2,078 | ||
7 | 1,915 | ||
8 | 1,534 | ||
9 | 1,477 | ||
10 | 939 | ||
11 | 925 | ||
12 | 891 | ||
13 | 706 | ||
14 | 629 | ||
15 | 572 |
Rank | Country | Exports | |
1 | 8,406 | ||
2 | 6,874 | ||
3 | 2,521 | ||
4 | 2,433 | ||
5 | 2,390 | ||
6 | 2,246 | ||
7 | 1,948 | ||
8 | 1,893 | ||
9 | 1,888 | ||
10 | 1,883 | ||
11 | 1,769 | ||
12 | 1,597 | ||
13 | 1,185 | ||
14 | 1,089 | ||
15 | 1,085 |
COMMENTARY: In point of fact, the U.S. is addicted to foreign oil. From my vantage point, and the view of many energy experts, our dependency on foreign oil is a real threat to our national security. Just imagine if a major source of our oil were to be threatened or cutoff for some reason. Not a pretty picture.
As a grad student in 1980, just after the formation of OPEC, the attack on our U.S. Embassy in Iran and taking of hostages, that we should not worry. Experts claimed that we had at least 100 to 150 years of oil reserves, and that the world's future needs were secured.
Little did we know that due to a worldwide population explosion, fall of the Soviet Union and industrialization of China, that annual world oil consumption would nearly double. Some experts now claim that we have 50 years oil reserves available in the ground. Others put this figure at 30 years and some even say that by 2020 the amount of oil consumed will exceed the amount of oil produced.
I have also been reading that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, is withholding information that their oil production has already peaked and that oil production from their fields is in decline. Saudi Arabia is purposely withholding this information in order to prevent a worldwide "oil panic" and a collapse of the world's major economies due to the inevitable increase in oil prices. You think $4.00 a gallon of gas is bad, think again. I don't know how much of this is truth or fiction, but you can clearly see that the gap between the number of oil barrels produced and consumed is very, very narrow.
There is no longer any doubt, that judgement day is coming, and the U.S. has the most to lose because we presently import 70% of our oil from foreign producers. The U.S. must get off that oil merry-go-round and move with great speed to cutback consumption through alternative and renewable sources and more efficient automobiles and power consuming devices. Some of this is already being done, but in terms of solar power production we still lag behind Germany and Japan.
Oil is not just a U.S. problem, it is a world problem. The billions of tons of carbon emissions from oil are polluting our planet and endanger our very existence. The U.S. is the world's largest polluter. The threat of global warming is real, and many environmentalists believe that the main culprit are hydrocarbon emissions. Cutting back on oil consumption is not just smart, but absolutely necessary in order to insure the planet's survival.
So the next time that you fill your gas tank (me included), think about what you can do to reduce your oil consumption.
Courtesy of the U.S. Energy Information Administration - Data for 2008
as much as you like your fingers,there must be a way to hook you up to the grid and get some good out of it.
Posted by: ken | 12/03/2009 at 04:42 PM
Ken, you seem upset. Here... smell my fingers. Amen.
Posted by: Carrie | 12/03/2009 at 02:40 PM
new power source.........new power source......we need a new power source.
Posted by: ken | 11/22/2009 at 12:14 PM