| Oil: Proved reserves in thousand million barrels | ||||||||
| share in the world oil Reserves _2017 (%) |
||||||||
| Thousand million barrels |
1980 |
1990 |
2000 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
| Venezuela |
19.5 |
60.1 |
76.8 |
300.0 |
300.9 |
301.8 |
303.2 |
17.87 |
| West Asian and North African countries | ||||||||
| Iran |
58.3 |
92.9 |
99.5 |
157.5 |
158.4 |
157.2 |
157.2 |
9.27 |
| Iraq |
30.0 |
100.0 |
112.5 |
143.1 |
142.5 |
148.8 |
148.8 |
8.77 |
| Kuwait |
67.9 |
97.0 |
96.5 |
101.5 |
101.5 |
101.5 |
101.5 |
5.98 |
| Oman |
2.5 |
4.4 |
5.8 |
5.2 |
5.3 |
5.4 |
5.4 |
0.32 |
| Qatar |
3.6 |
3.0 |
16.9 |
25.7 |
25.2 |
25.2 |
25.2 |
1.49 |
| Saudi Arabia |
168.0 |
260.3 |
262.8 |
266.6 |
266.5 |
266.2 |
266.2 |
15.69 |
| Syria |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
0.15 |
| United Arab Emirates |
30.4 |
98.1 |
97.8 |
97.8 |
97.8 |
97.8 |
97.8 |
5.76 |
| Yemen |
– |
2.0 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
0.18 |
| Algeria |
8.2 |
9.2 |
11.3 |
12.2 |
12.2 |
12.2 |
12.2 |
0.72 |
| Egypt |
2.9 |
3.5 |
3.6 |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
0.20 |
| Libya |
20.3 |
22.8 |
36.0 |
48.4 |
48.4 |
48.4 |
48.4 |
2.85 |
| Sudan |
– |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.09 |
| Tunisia |
2.2 |
1.7 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.03 |
| Total West Asia and North Africa |
395.8 |
697.0 |
748.2 |
869.0 |
868.7 |
873.5 |
873.4 |
51.48 |
Source: BP Statistical Review of the World Energy, June 2018, 67th Edition
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