Oil production
Annual global oil production increased by 1.1 million b/d, or 1.3%
Million barrels daily
World oil production increased by 1.1 million b/d in 2011, with OPEC accounting for nearly all of the increase despite a 1.2 million b/d reduction in Libyan production. The US had the largest growth in non-OPEC supply for a third consecutive year.
Virtually all of the net growth was in OPEC, with large increases in Saudi Arabia
(+1.2 million b/d), the UAE, Kuwait and Iraq more than offsetting a loss of Libyan
supply (-1.2million b/d). Output reached record levels in Saudi Arabia, the UAE
and Qatar. Non-OPEC output was broadly flat, with increases in the US, Canada,
Russia and Colombia offsetting continued declines in mature provinces such as the
UK and Norway, as well as unexpected outages in a number of other countries.
Production by region
Methodology
Oil production data includes crude oil, shale oil, oil sands and NGLs (natural gas liquids - the liquid content of natural gas where this is recovered separately). It excludes liquid fuels from other sources such as biomass and coal derivatives.
World oil production tables are in both thousand barrels daily and million tonnes. Historic oil production data are available in the Excel workbook.
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