Malaysia

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Malaysia is a significant oil and natural gas producer and is strategically located amid important routes for the seaborne energy trade.
Malaysia’s oil reserves are the third highest in the Asia-Pacific region after China and India
Malaysia was the world’s third largest exporter of liquefied natural gas after Qatar and Indonesia in 2010

Analysis Last Updated: December 14, 2011

Overview data for Malaysia

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Malaysia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Malaysia
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	616.50	8,846	87,192	27
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	511.95	7,623	74,070	27
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	605.00	28,230	88,256	30	^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	11.50	-19,384	--	147	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	539	24,875	88,097	32	539
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.00	40	NA	25	4.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Malaysia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Malaysia
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,171	16,939	111,333	12	2,180
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,152	20,602	113,321	27	1,081
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,026	-3,425	--	85	1,099
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	83	539	6,669	16	83
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Malaysia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Malaysia
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.642	5,101	7,954	37	3.133
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	25.531	4,961	7,770	27	26.480
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-22.751	-3	--	10	-23.347
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Malaysia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Malaysia
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	109.89	7,073	19,071	30	118.17
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	102.78	6,474	17,360	30	109.82
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	25.39	1,761	4,843	29	25.39
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Malaysia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Malaysia
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3.716	144	487	30	3.700
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.783	183	488	31	2.988
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	7,794	8,124	7,461	51	7,807
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
		History	Malaysia	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Malaysia
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	179.13	12,800	29,778	28	181.93