List of countries by proven oil reserves

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Map of countries with proven oil reserves - according to U.S. EIA (start of 2017)
Trends in proven oil reserves in top five countries, 1980–2013 (data from US Energy Information Administration)
A map of world oil reserves according to OPEC, January 2014

This is a list of countries by proven oil reserves. Proven reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated, with a high degree of confidence, to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.

Some statistics on this page are disputed and controversial. Different sources (OPEC, CIA World Factbook, oil companies) give different figures. Some of the differences reflect different types of oil included. Different estimates may or may not include oil shale, mined oil sands or natural gas liquids.

Because proven reserves include oil recoverable under current economic conditions, nations may see large increases in proven reserves when known, but previously uneconomic deposits become economic to develop. In this way, Canada's proven reserves increased suddenly in 2003 when the oil sands of Alberta were seen to be economically viable. Similarly, Venezuela's proven reserves jumped in the late 2000s when the heavy oil of the Orinoco Belt was judged economic.

Sources[]

Sources sometimes differ on the volume of proven oil reserves. The differences sometimes result from different classes of oil included, and sometimes result from different definitions of proven.

Comparison of proven oil reserves from some widely used sources (billions of barrels, as of 31 Dec. 2014/1 Jan. 2015)

Source Canada Iran Iraq Russia Saudi Arabia United States Venezuela
BP[1] 172.9 157.8 143 103.2 267.0 48.5 298.3
OPEC[2] 4.2 157.5 147.2 80.0 266.6 36.5 300.0
US CIA[3] 171.0 157.8 147 103.2 268.3 36.5 298.4
US EIA[4] 172.5 157.8 145 80.0 268.3 39.9 298.4

Countries[]

Reserves amounts are listed in millions of barrels. The column "Years of production in reserve" uses the daily production figures as of 2016[5] (multiplied with 365).


* indicates "Oil reserves in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" or "Energy in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Proven reserves (millions of barrels)
Country US EIA
[6] 		OPEC
[7] 		BP
[8] 		Others Production[5]
(million bbl/year) 		Years of
production
in reserve
 Venezuela * 303,806.00 302,809 300,900 831.1 366
 Saudi Arabia * 258,600.00 266,260 266,000 3,818.1 68
 Iran * 208,600.00 [9] 208,600 155,600 1,452.9 144
 Canada * 170,300.00 4,421 172,200 [10] 171,000 1,336.8 127
 Iraq * 145,019.00 147,223 143,100 1,624.8 89
 Kuwait * 101,500.00 104,000 104,000 1,067.2 95
 United Arab Emirates * 97,800.00 98,630 98,630 1,133.7 86
 Russia * 80,000.00 80,000 102,400 3,851.3 21
 Libya * 48,363.00 74,363 78,400 366.1 132
 United States * 47,107.00 32,773 55,000 [11] 43,629 3,239.7 15
 Nigeria * 36,890.00 37,453 37,100 730.0 51
 Kazakhstan * 30,000.00 30,000 30,000 582.2 52
 China * 26,022.00 25,627 18,500 1,452.9 18
 Qatar * 25,244.00 25,244 25,244 555.9 45
 Brazil * 12,714.00 12,634 13,000 [11] 16,848 918.1 14
 Algeria * 12,200.00 12,200 12,200 492.1 25
 Guyana * .00 10,000[12]
 Ecuador 8,273.00 8,273 8,000 200.2 41
 Norway * 8,122.00 6,376 8,000 601.5 14
 Angola * 7,783.00 8,384 12,700 645.9 12
 Azerbaijan * 7,000.00 7,000 7,000 304.2 23
 Mexico * 5,786.00 6,537 10,800 [13] 9.700 798.2 7
 Oman * 5,373.00 5,373 5,300 367.5 15
 Sudan * 5,000.00 5,000 1,500 93.1 54
 India * 4,604.00 4,495 5,680 [11] 4,409 267.0 17
 Vietnam * 4,400.00 4,400 4,000 110.2 40
 Malaysia * 3,600.00 3,600 3,600 [11] 5,542 241.3 15
 Egypt * 3,300.00 4,400 3,500 180.4 18
 Yemen * 3,000.00 3,000
 Congo 2,882.00 1,600
 United Kingdom * 2,500.00 2,069 2,800 2,618 343.1 7
 Syria * 2,500.00 2,500 2,500
 Uganda * 2,500.00
 Argentina * 2,482.00 2,162 2,400 2,330
 Indonesia * 2,480.00 3,310 3,600 [11] 3,497 304.2 8
 Australia * 2,446.00 3,985 4,000 4,002
 Colombia * 2,036.00 1,665 2,300
 Gabon * 2,000.00 2,000 2,000
 Chad * 1,500.00 1,500
 Brunei * 1,100.00 1,100 1,100
 Equatorial Guinea * 1,100.00 1,100
 Peru * 858.00 1,400 [11] 1,489
 Ghana * 660.00
 Romania * 600.00 600
 Turkmenistan * 600.00 600 600
 Uzbekistan * 594.00 594 600
 Pakistan * 540.00 [11] 236
 Italy * 497.00 600 [11] 595
 Denmark * 441.00 439 600 [11] 550
 Tunisia * 425.00 400
 Ukraine * 395.00 395
 Turkey * 366.00 [11] 284
 Thailand * 252.00 400
 Trinidad and Tobago 242.00 700 [11] 830
 Bolivia * 240.00 [11] 210
 Cameroon * 200.00
 Belarus * 198.00 198
 Bahrain * 186.00
 DR Congo 180.00
 Papua New Guinea * 159.00 [11] 158
 Albania * 150.00
 Chile * 150.00
 Niger * 150.00
 Spain * 150.00
 Myanmar * 139.00
 Philippines 138.00
 Netherlands 137.00 [11] 141
 Cuba * 124.00 [11] 124
 Germany * 115.00 [11] 229
 Poland * 113.00 [11] 151
 Ivory Coast * 100.00
 Suriname 890
 Guatemala 860
 Serbia * 770
 Croatia * 710
 France * 610
 Japan * 440
 New Zealand * 400
 Kyrgyzstan * 400
 Austria * 350
 Georgia * 350
 Bangladesh * 280
 Mauritania * 200
 Bulgaria * 150
 Czech Republic * 150 15.0
 South Africa * 150 15
 Israel * 120 [11] 12
 Hungary * 120 [11] 35
 Lithuania * 120
 Tajikistan * 120
 Greece * 100
 Slovakia * 9.00
 Benin * 8.00
 Belize * 6.00
 Taiwan * 2.00
 Barbados 1.00
 Jordan * 1.00 [11] 1
 Morocco * 0.6.00
 Ethiopia * 0.4.00
 Kenya * 0.00 750
 World 1,661,905.00 1,535,773 1,750,600 29,427 56

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 2015
  2. ^ OPEC Statistical Bulletin, 2015.
  3. ^ World Factbook, US Central Intelligence Agency, 2015.
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