Table 11.4  World Crude Oil and Natural Gas Reserves, January 1, 2007




Region and Country
Crude Oil Natural Gas



Region and Country
Crude Oil Natural Gas
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Billion Barrels Trillion Cubic Feet Billion Barrels Trillion Cubic Feet
North America
212.5 58.2 283.6 286.8 Middle East ..................................... 739.2 722.5 2,566.0 2,555.1
  Canada
1 179.2 2 25.6 57.9 56.8 Bahrain .......................................... .1 NR 3.3 NR
  Mexico
12.4 11.6 14.6 19.0 Iran ................................................ 136.3 133.0 974.0 974.0
  United States
21.0 21.0 211.1 211.1 Iraq ................................................ 115.0 125.1 112.0 90.0
 
          Kuwait 6.......................................... 101.5 100.1 55.0 56.2
Central and South America
102.8 77.1 240.7 242.2 Oman ............................................ 5.5 4.7 30.0 28.0
  Argentina
2.5 2.6 16.1 15.8 Qatar ............................................. 15.2 20.4 910.5 905.5
  Bolivia
.4 .4 24.0 25.7   Saudi Arabia 6................................ 262.3 262.3 240.0 252.5
  Brazil
11.8 12.3 10.8 12.3 Syria ............................................ 2.5 2.9 8.5 12.8
  Chile
.2 (s) 3.5 1.0 United Arab Emirates ................... 97.8 70.6 214.4 205.6
  Colombia
1.5 1.4 4.0 6.7 Yemen .......................................... 3.0 2.8 16.9 17.0
  Cuba
.1 .6 2.5 .6   Other 3........................................... (s) .7 1.5 13.6
  Ecuador
4.5 4.9 NA .3          
  Peru
.9 1.1 8.7 12.0 Africa .............................................. 114.1 111.7 484.4 500.7
  Trinidad and Tobago
.7 .6 18.8 16.7 Algeria ........................................... 12.3 11.9 161.7 161.2
  Venezuela
80.0 52.9 152.4 151.1 Angola ........................................... 8.0 9.3 2.0 4.1
  Other 3
.2 .2 (s) (s) Cameroon ...................................... .4 NR 3.9 NR
 
        Congo (Brazzaville) ....................... 1.6 1.9 3.2 4.2
Europe 4
15.8 14.5 180.3 175.7 Egypt ............................................. 3.7 3.6 58.5 67.4
  Austria
.1 .1 .6 .8 Equatorial Guinea .......................... 1.1 1.8 1.3 3.4
  Croatia
.1 .1 1.1 1.0 Gabon ............................................ 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.5
  Denmark
1.3 1.2 2.5 2.9 Libya .............................................. 41.5 35.0 52.7 51.7
  Germany
.4 .2 9.0 5.8 Mozambique .................................. .0 .0 4.5 .0
  Hungary
(s) .1 .3 2.0 Nigeria ........................................... 36.2 37.2 181.9 184.5
  Italy
.6 .4 5.8 3.7 Sudan ............................................ 5.0 6.6 3.0 4.0
  Netherlands
.1 .2 50.0 50.8 Tunisia ........................................... .4 .6 2.3 3.4
  Norway
7.8 7.1 82.3 81.3   Other 3............................................ 1.9 1.7 8.4 15.3
  Poland
.1 .3 5.8 4.9          
  Romania
.6 .5 2.2 4.5 Asia and Oceania 4......................... 33.4 36.0 419.5 497.9
  Serbia
.1 NR 1.7 NR Australia ......................................... 1.6 4.3 30.4 153.0
  United Kingdom
3.9 3.8 17.0 15.7 Bangladesh .................................... (s) NR 5.0 NR
  Other 3
.8 .7 2.0 2.2 Brunei ............................................ 1.1 1.2 13.8 11.5
 
        Burma ............................................ .1 .2 10.0 16.0
Eurasia 5
98.9 123.4 2,014.8 2,136.7 China ............................................. 16.0 16.3 80.0 60.9
  Azerbaijan
7.0 NR 30.0 NR India ............................................... 5.6 3.8 38.0 27.2
  Kazakhstan
30.0 NR 100.0 NR Indonesia ....................................... 4.3 4.8 97.8 93.0
  Russia 
60.0 74.4 1,680.0 1,688.8 Japan ............................................. .1 NR 1.4 NR
  Turkmenistan
.6 NR 100.0 NR Malaysia ........................................ 3.0 2.8 75.0 60.0
  Ukraine
.4 NR 39.0 NR New Zealand ................................. .1 .1 .9 1.8
  Uzbekistan
.6 NR 65.0 NR Pakistan ........................................ .3 .3 28.0 30.5
  Other 3
.3 48.9 .8 447.9 Papua New Guinea ....................... .2 .2 12.2 13.7
 
        Thailand ......................................... .3 .5 14.8 11.7
 
        Vietnam ......................................... .6 1.3 6.8 8.3
 
         Other 3........................................... .1 .2 5.5 10.4
 
                 
 
        World ............................................ 1,316.7 1,143.4 6,189.4 6,395.0
1Comprises 5.2 billion barrels of conventional crude oil and condensate and 174.0 billion barrels of
bitumen in Alberta's oil sands.
6Data for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia include one-half of the reserves in the Neutral Zone between Kuwait
and Saudi Arabia.
2Includes 20.7 billion barrels of oil sands and bitumen.  Excludes another 153 billion barrels claimed by
Canadian authorities.
NA=Not available.  NR=Not separately reported.  (s)=Less than 0.05 billion barrels.  
3Includes data for those countries not separately reported. Notes:  ·  All reserve figures except those for Eurasia and natural gas reserves in Canada are proved
reserves recoverable with present technology and prices at the time of estimation.  Eurasia and Canadian
natural gas figures include proved and some probable reserves.  ·  Totals may not equal sum of
components due to independent rounding.
4Excludes countries that were part of the former U.S.S.R.  See "U.S.S.R." in Glossary. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/international/oilreserves.html.
5Includes only countries that were part of the former U.S.S.R.  See "U.S.S.R." in Glossary. Source:  Energy Information Administration, "International Energy Annual 2006" (June-July 2008), Table
8.1.