List of countries by oil production

This is a list of countries by oil production.

Trends

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in 2012 over 64% of world oil production came from the top ten countries: Russia 544 Mt (13%), Saudi Arabia 520 Mt (13%), United States 387 Mt (9%), China 206 Mt (5%), Iran 186 Mt (4%), Canada 182 Mt (4%), United Arab Emirates 163 Mt (4%), Venezuela 162 Mt (4%), Kuwait 152 Mt (4%) and Iraq 148 Mt (4%). Total oil production was 4,142 Mt, up 3% from 4,011 Mt the previous year.

Countries

Total Petroleum and Other Liquids Production, 2014. ("Other liquids" include biofuels, liquids derived from coal and oil shale, and refinery gain.)

See also

  • World energy consumption
  • Notes

    External links

  • International Energy Statistics, US Energy Information Administration
  • Production and Imports, International Energy Agency
  • Latest News for: Oil producer

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    Optimistic Outlook for Greece's Olive Oil Production Amid Price Reductions

    Greek City Times 19 May 2024
    Estimates about olive oil production in Greece are optimistic this year, although ... Today, extra virgin olive oil is being sold by producers for 7.80-8.20 euros per liter, compared to 9.30-9.50 euros per liter a month ago....
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    Citing His Refinery’s Capacity to Meet W’Africa’s Demand, Dangote Says Nigeria Won’t Need to Import Petrol by June

    This Day 19 May 2024
    Today, our polypropylene and our polyethene will meet the entire demand of Africa and we are doing base oil, which is like engine oil, we are doing linear benzyl, which is raw material to produce detergent. We have 1.4 billion people in the population, nobody is producing that in Africa....
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    Steelmaker Tenaris to cut 120 jobs in Beaver County

    The Times - Beaver 19 May 2024
    Koppel’s facility produces seamless oil-country tubular goods, drill pipe and line pipe used in the oil and natural gas industry ... OCTG refers to piping products used in oil and gas production ... “Most of these countries do not have any drilling activity and produce OCTG with the purpose of exporting, mainly to the U.S.”....
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    Cleared for takeoff? Tax credits provide runway for cleaner jet fuel

    The Gazette Cedar Rapids 19 May 2024
    Treasury Department for tax breaks aimed at promoting production of cleaner jet fuel — made from ethanol and biofuels made from soybean oil — could provide a substantial opportunity for farmers and renewable fuel producers, according to industry leaders ... It is produced by ......
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    Nayara Energy sees 48% jump in petrol sales, exports drop

    Business Line 19 May 2024
    In the January-March quarter, Nayara sold 70 per cent of all petroleum products it produced at its Vadinar oil refinery ......
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    Canadian oil city lifts wildfire evacuation orders

    Black Hills Pioneer 19 May 2024
    Residents forced to flee wildfires threatening a Canadian oil-producing hub were allowed to return home Saturday after evacuation orders were lifted .......
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    Unending Threat of Crude Oil Theft

    This Day 19 May 2024
    reports that the inability of the federal government to tame the menace of crude oil theft is still costing the country huge revenue loss ... The Nigerian Army, Navy and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have a series of operations in the oil-producing areas of the Niger Delta....
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    KP’s deadline for dues: threat or a ploy?

    Dawn 19 May 2024
    The oil fields in KP produce over 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day, accounting for around 42pc of total national production ... The provincial administration estimates that the omission will result in financial losses of Rs50bn for the Tal Block and Rs511 million for the oil-producing fields of Baratai and Togh....
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    Maine women are rediscovering homegrown linen

    Bangor Daily News 19 May 2024
    It grows “beautifully” in Maine, could clothe and help feed your family, and almost no one here produces it anymore. It’s flax, the straw-like plant with seeds that produce linseed oil, flaxseed oil, and cereal and stalks processed into linen ... Today, flaxseed is only a significant American crop in and Montana, where it is grown for oil production....
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    Sticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals

    The Observer 19 May 2024
    The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey ... The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, took an edible plant oil and oxidised it to make it as sticky as duct tape, a process similar to deep frying....
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    Week Ahead: US Fed chair speech, Q4 results, FII activity, global cues among key market triggers this week

    Live Mint 19 May 2024
    The International Energy Agency (IEA) trimmed its global oil demand forecast for 2024, widening the gap with the producer group Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).&nbspCorporate ActionSeveral major private companies and public-sector undertakings will trade ex-dividend in the coming week, starting from Tuesday, May 21....
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    OPEC+ faces challenges amid ‘excess’ oil supply

    Arab Times 18 May 2024
    How can OPEC+ get itself out of this unique situation, with all its members having excess oil production capacity; while the oil markets are not responding to OPEC+ actions? Since other oil producers are free to produce and maximize their production without any restriction, they ......
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    Oil theft the untold driver of Syria’s enduring humanitarian crisis

    Arab News 18 May 2024
    oil ... Exact figures are hard to come by, such is the makeshift and sparse nature of Syrian healthcare provision, but cases of cancer are increasingly concentrated around Syria’s oil-producing north — and have increased up to three times faster than the comparative period before the war ... “In the past, (oil) companies treated harmful gas and oil waste....
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