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Field Listing :: Oil - proved reserves
This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved 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.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Oil - proved reserves(bbl)
Afghanistan 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Albania 199.1 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Algeria 12.2 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
American Samoa 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Angola 9.5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Argentina 2.505 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Armenia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Aruba 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Australia 3.318 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Austria 50 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Azerbaijan 7 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bahamas, The 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bahrain 124.6 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bangladesh 28 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Barbados 1.79 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Belarus 198 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Belgium 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Belize 6.7 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Benin 8 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bermuda 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bhutan 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bolivia 465 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Botswana 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Brazil 12.86 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
British Virgin Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Brunei 1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bulgaria 15 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Burkina Faso 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Burma 50 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Burundi 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cambodia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cameroon 200 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Canada 175.2 billion bbl
note: includes oil sands (1 January 2011 est.)
Cape Verde 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cayman Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Central African Republic 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Chad 1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Chile 150 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
China 20.35 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Colombia 1.9 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Comoros 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 1.6 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cook Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Costa Rica 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 100 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Croatia 71 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cuba 124 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Curacao 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cyprus 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Czech Republic 15 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Denmark 812 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Djibouti 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Dominica 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Dominican Republic 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Ecuador 6.51 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Egypt 4.4 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
El Salvador 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Eritrea 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Estonia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Ethiopia 430,000 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
European Union 5.193 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Faroe Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Fiji 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Finland 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
France 91.63 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
French Polynesia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Gabon 2 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Gambia, The 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Gaza Strip 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Georgia 35 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Germany 276 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Ghana 660 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Gibraltar 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Greece 10 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Greenland 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Grenada 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Guam 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Guatemala 83.07 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Guinea 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Guyana 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Haiti 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Honduras 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Hong Kong 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Hungary 26.57 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Iceland 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
India 5.682 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Indonesia 3.99 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Iran 137 billion bbl based on Iranian claims
note: Iran has about 10% of world reserves (1 January 2011 est.)
Iraq 115 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Ireland 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Israel 1.94 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Italy 476.5 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Jamaica 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Japan 44.12 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Jordan 1 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kazakhstan 30 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kenya 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kiribati 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Korea, North 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Korea, South 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kosovo NA bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kuwait 104 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 40 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Laos 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Latvia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Lebanon 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Lesotho 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Liberia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Libya 46.42 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Lithuania 12 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Luxembourg 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Macau 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Macedonia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Madagascar 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Malawi 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Malaysia 4 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Maldives 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mali 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Malta 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mauritania 100 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mauritius 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mexico 10.42 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Moldova 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mongolia 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Montenegro 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Montserrat 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Morocco 680,000 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mozambique 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Namibia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Nauru 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Nepal 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Netherlands 310 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
New Caledonia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
New Zealand 112.5 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Nicaragua 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Niger 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Nigeria 37.2 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Niue 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Norway 5.67 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Oman 5.5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Pakistan 313 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Panama 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea 88 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Paraguay 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Peru 532.7 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Philippines 138.5 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Poland 96.38 million bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Portugal 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Puerto Rico 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Qatar 25.38 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Romania 600 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Russia 60 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Rwanda 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Lucia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Samoa 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Saudi Arabia 262.6 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Senegal 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Serbia 77.5 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Seychelles 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Sierra Leone 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Singapore 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Slovakia 9 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Slovenia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Solomon Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Somalia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
South Africa 15 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Spain 150 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Sri Lanka 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Sudan 5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Suriname 78.9 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Swaziland 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Sweden 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Switzerland 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Syria 2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Taiwan 2.38 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Tajikistan 12 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Tanzania 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Thailand 435 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Timor-Leste 553.8 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Togo 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tokelau 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Tonga 0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 728.3 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Tunisia 425 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Turkey 270.4 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Turkmenistan 600 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Uganda 1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Ukraine 395 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates 97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
United Kingdom 2.858 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
United States 20.68 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Uruguay 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Uzbekistan 594 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Vanuatu 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Venezuela 211.2 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Vietnam 600 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Virgin Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
West Bank 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Western Sahara 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
World 1.472 trillion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Yemen 3 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Zambia 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Zimbabwe 0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
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