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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 2009 est.)
Albania 199.1 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Algeria 12.2 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
American Samoa 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Angola 9.04 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Argentina 2.616 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Armenia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Aruba 0 bbl
Australia 1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Austria 96 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Azerbaijan 7 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bahamas, The 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bahrain 124.6 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bangladesh 28 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Barbados 2.17 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Belarus 198 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Belgium 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Belize 6.7 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Benin 8 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bermuda 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bhutan 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bolivia 465 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Botswana 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Brazil 12.62 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Brunei 1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Bulgaria 15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Burkina Faso 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Burma 50 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Burundi 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Cambodia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Cameroon 200 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Canada 178.1 billion bbl
note: includes oil sands (1 January 2009 est.)
Cape Verde 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Cayman Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Central African Republic 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Chad 1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Chile 150 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
China 15.55 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Colombia 1.668 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Comoros 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 1.6 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Cook Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Costa Rica 0 bbl
Cote d'Ivoire 100 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Croatia 79.3 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Cuba 124 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Cyprus 0 bbl
Czech Republic 15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Denmark 800 million bbl (1 January 2009)
Djibouti 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Dominica 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Dominican Republic 0 bbl
Ecuador 4.66 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Egypt 4.4 billion bbl (1 June 2009 est.)
El Salvador 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Eritrea 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Estonia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Ethiopia 430,000 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
European Union 5.504 billion bbl (1 January 2008)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Faroe Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Fiji 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Finland NA bbl
France 103.3 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
French Polynesia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Gabon 2 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Gambia, The 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Gaza Strip NA bbl NA bbl
Georgia 35 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Germany 276 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Ghana 15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Gibraltar 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Greece 10 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Greenland NA bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Grenada 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Guam 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Guatemala 83.07 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Guinea 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Guyana 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Haiti 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Honduras 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Hong Kong 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Hungary 20.18 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Iceland 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
India 5.625 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Indonesia 3.99 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Iran 137.6 billion bbl based on Iranian claims
note: Iran has about 10% of world reserves (1 January 2010 est.)
Iraq 115 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Ireland 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Israel 1.94 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Italy 406.5 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Jamaica 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Japan 44.12 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Jordan 1 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Kazakhstan 30 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Kenya 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Kiribati 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Korea, North 0 bbl
Korea, South 0 bbl
Kosovo NA bbl
Kuwait 101.5 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 40 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Laos NA bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Latvia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Lebanon 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Lesotho 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Liberia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Libya 43.66 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Lithuania 12 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Luxembourg 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Macau 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Macedonia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Madagascar 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Malawi 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Malaysia 4 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Maldives 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Mali 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Malta 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Mauritania 100 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Mauritius 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Mexico 10.5 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Moldova 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Mongolia NA bbl
Montenegro 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Montserrat 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Morocco 750,000 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Mozambique 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Namibia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Nauru 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Nepal 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Netherlands 100 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
New Caledonia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
New Zealand 60 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Nicaragua 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Niger 0 bbl
Nigeria 36.22 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Niue 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Norway 6.68 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Oman 5.5 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Pakistan 339 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Panama 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea 88 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Paraguay 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Peru 415.8 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Philippines 138.5 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Poland 96.38 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Portugal 0 bbl
Puerto Rico 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Qatar 15.21 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Romania 600 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Russia 79 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Rwanda 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Saint Lucia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Samoa 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia 266.7 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Senegal 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Serbia 77.5 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Seychelles 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Sierra Leone 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Singapore 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Slovakia 9 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Slovenia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Solomon Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Somalia 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
South Africa 15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Spain 150 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Sri Lanka 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Sudan 5 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Suriname 79.6 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Swaziland 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Sweden 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Switzerland 0 bbl
Syria 2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Taiwan 2.38 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Tajikistan 12 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Tanzania 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Thailand 441 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Timor-Leste 553.8 million bbl (1 January 2008)
Togo 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Tonga 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 728.3 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Tunisia 425 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Turkey 284.7 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Turkmenistan 700 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Uganda 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Ukraine 395 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates 97.8 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
United Kingdom 3.41 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
United States 21.32 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Uruguay 0 bbl
Uzbekistan 594 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Vanuatu 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Venezuela 99.38 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Vietnam 4 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Virgin Islands 0 bbl
West Bank NA bbl
Western Sahara 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
World 1.365 trillion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Yemen 3 billion bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
Zambia 0 bbl
Zimbabwe 0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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