Russia

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Russia holds the world's largest natural gas reserves, the second-largest coal reserves, and the ninth-largest crude oil reserves.
Russia was the largest producer of crude oil in 2011. During the year, crude oil production averaged about 9.8 million bbl/d.
Russia's Transneft holds a monopoly over Russia's pipeline network, however pipeline exports have been displaced somewhat by seaborne exports over the last year.
Russia holds the largest natural gas reserves in the world, and is the largest producer and exporter of dry natural gas.
Russia is one of the top producers and consumers of electric power in the world, with more than 220 million kilowatts of installed generation capacity.
Despite its sizeable reserves, production of coal in Russia is relatively low.

Analysis Last Updated: September 18, 2012

Overview data for Russia

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Russia	Eurasia	World	Rank	Russia
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	10,228.52	13,318	87,042	2
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	9,773.52	12,649	74,083	1
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3,110.00	4,361	88,256	5	^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	7,118.52	8,957	--	176	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	5,431	8,209	88,097	3	5,431
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	60.00	99	NA	8	60.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Russia	Eurasia	World	Rank	Russia
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	20,915	26,227	111,333	2	23,686
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	14,961	21,113	113,321	2	17,975
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	6,584	5,852	--	92	6,314
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	1,680	2,165	6,669	1	1,680
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Russia	Eurasia	World	Rank	Russia
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	358.932	567	7,954	6	367.986
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	248.729	432	7,770	5	256.691
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	120.543	147	--	105	111.295
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Russia	Eurasia	World	Rank	Russia
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	939.94	1,359	19,071	4	983.81
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	818.29	1,181	17,360	4	861.47
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	225.21	353	4,843	4	229.11
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2010				2011
		History	Russia	Eurasia	World	Rank	Russia
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	53.223	70	509	3	56.396
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	29.322	43	511	3	32.771
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	14,544	14,592	7,452	16	15,624
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
		History	Russia	Eurasia	World	Rank	Russia
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	1,448.46	2,224	29,778	4	1,633.80