Vietnam

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Vietnam is an important oil supplier to regional and domestic markets and may emerge as a significant natural gas supplier in the next decade.
Vietnam’s oil production has declined overall since 2004, after several years of steady increases and became a net oil importer in 2011.
Vietnam’s natural gas production has risen rapidly since the late 1990s and is used entirely to supply the rapidly expanding domestic market.

Analysis Last Updated: May 9, 2012

Overview data for Vietnam

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Vietnam	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Vietnam
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	319.12	8,846	87,192	34
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	309.12	7,623	74,070	32
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	365.00	28,230	88,256	35	^F
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	-45.88	-19,384	--	67	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	140	24,875	88,097	72	140
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	0.60	40	NA	41	4.40
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Vietnam	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Vietnam
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	290	16,939	111,333	45	272
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	297	20,602	113,321	50	272
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	0	-3,425	--	64	NA
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	7	539	6,669	43	7
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Vietnam	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Vietnam
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	49.233	5,101	7,954	18	49.079
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	29.696	4,961	7,770	25	23.930
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	20.583	-3	--	99	25.149
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Vietnam	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Vietnam
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	79.70	7,073	19,071	35	90.64
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	75.44	6,474	17,360	35	85.68
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	15.19	1,761	4,843	44	15.21
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Vietnam	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Vietnam
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	2.312	144	487	38	2.323
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	1.677	183	488	39	1.865
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	7,172	8,124	7,461	63	7,461
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
		History	Vietnam	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Vietnam
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	105.79	12,800	29,778	38	112.80