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)
Albania
199.1 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Algeria
12.2 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Angola
9.5 billion 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.)
Bahrain
124.6 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.)
Brazil
12.86 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Brunei
1.1 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Bulgaria
15 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Burma
50 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Burundi
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.)
Chad
1.5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Chile
150 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
China
14.8 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Colombia
1.9 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Comoros
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Croatia
66 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cuba
124 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Cyprus
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Denmark
1.164 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Ecuador
6.51 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Egypt
4.4 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.)
Fiji
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Finland
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
France
91.63 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Gabon
2 billion bbl (1 January 2011 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.)
Greece
10 million 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.)
Guyana
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Haiti
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.)
Kenya
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kosovo
NA bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Kuwait
104 billion 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.)
Macau
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Malawi
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Malaysia
5.8 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mali
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Malta
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Mexico
10.42 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Moldova
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Morocco
680,000 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.)
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.)
Peru
532.7 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Poland
96.38 million bbl (1 January 2010 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.)
Samoa
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Senegal
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Serbia
77.5 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Slovakia
9 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Somalia
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Spain
150 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Sudan
5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Suriname
78.9 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Sweden
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Syria
2.5 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Taiwan
2.38 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Thailand
435 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Togo
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tonga
0 bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Tunisia
425 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Turkey
270.4 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Uganda
1 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.)
Ukraine
395 million bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Uruguay
0 bbl (1 January 2009 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.)
West Bank
0 bbl
note: data include the Gaza Strip (1 January 2009 est.)
World
1.468 trillion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Yemen
3 billion bbl (1 January 2011 est.)
Zambia
0 bbl (1 January 2011 est.)