Energy Information Administration - Saudi Arabia Energy Profile

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 Saudi Arabia Energy Profile
   

Last Update: Feb. 17, 2009 (Petroleum)
Next Update: Mar. 17, 2009 (Petroleum), As available (Other fuels)

Data

 
2006
2007
 
28 year history
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
OPEC
World 
Rank
 
Saudi Arabia
Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)            
Total Oil Production  10,665.50 25,212 34,742 84,543 1   10,247.68
Crude Oil Production  9,152.33
22,751
31,591
73,461
2
  8,721.51
Consumption  2,070.00
6,065
6,768 84,979
11
  F 2,210
Net Exports/Imports(-)  8,595.50
19,147
27,974 -- 1   F 8,038
Total Oil Exports to U.S.   1,463
2,260
NA 13,707 3   1,489
Refinery Capacity 
2,095
7,034
9,597 85,345
13
  2,095
Proved Reserves 
(Billion Barrels)
266.810
743
907  1,293
1
  262.300
   
2005
2006
 
27 year history
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
World
Rank
 
Saudi Arabia
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)  
Production  2,516 11,205 101,528
10
  2,594
Consumption  2,516 9,768 103,700
10
  2,594
Net Exports/Imports(-)  0 1,437   -- --   NA
Proved Reserves 
235,000 2,522,125   6,046,062
4
  241,840
Coal (Million Short Tons)  
Production  0 1   6,490
67
  NA
Consumption  0 17   6,483
111
  0.023
Net Exports/Imports(-)  
(Trillion Btu)
0 -357   --
177
  - 0.538
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)  
Net Generation  165.55 607   17,351
20
  NA
Net Consumption  146.95 524   15,747
18
  NA
Installed Capacity (GWe)  30.450 124   3,872
22
  NA
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)  
Production  25.508 65   460
4
  NA
Consumption  6.657 23   463
15
  NA
Energy Intensity  
(Btu per 2000 U.S. Dollars)
17,979 --   -- --   NA
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)  
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels  412.35 1,460 28,193
14
  NA
Map of Saudi Arabia

Country Analysis Brief
  • Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). With approximately one-fifth of the world's proven oil reserves and some of the lowest production costs, Saudi Arabia is expected to remain the world's largest net oil exporter in the near and long-term.
  • Saudi Arabia, housing the world’s largest crude production capacity, has undertaken an ambitious five-year, $129-billion energy investment plan, nearly $60 billion of which will be directed toward increasing upstream petroleum capacity to an estimated 12.5 million bbl/d by 2009.
  • For more than a decade, Saudi Aramco, the world’s tenth largest natural gas producer, has aggressively explored on and offshore for additional reserves to meet growing demand, although success has been limited.
  • Over the next two decades, Saudi Arabia’s electric generation capacity is set to more than double – to 60 gigawatts (GW) - roughly equivalent to the current capacity of South Korea.

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 Related Information

International Petroleum Monthly

International Energy Annual

International Energy Outlook yearly energy projections through 2030

Short Term Energy Outlook monthly energy projections through 2009

Annual Energy Outlook yearly US energy projections through 2030


 

 
    -- = Not applicable; NA = Not available; F = Forecast value
 
Sources: EIA, International Energy Annual, Short Term Energy Outlook, Table 3a, Table 3b (Forecast values)

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