Wednesday, March 2, 2011

OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2010-Jan. 2011

by Aaron and David Rachovich




OPEC Crude Oil Production* 2010-Jan.2011 (thousand barrels per day)

Rank
Country
Full Year 2010
Nov 2010
Dec 2010
Jan 2011
1.
Saudi Arabia
8,208
8,266
8,361
8,433
2.
Iran
3,708
  3,678 
3,679
3,658
3.
Iraq
2,397
2,405
2,448
2,706
4.
Kuwait
2,307
2,314
2,336
2,354
5.
UAE
2,305
2,268
2,340
2,375
6.
Venezuela
2,281
2,228
2,243
2,256
7.
Nigeria
2,064
2,143
2,204
2,172
8.
Angola
1,787
1,665
1,576
1,618
9.
Libya
1,560
1,568
1,572
1,574
10.
Algeria
1,270
1,268
1,270
1,276
11.
Qatar
804
806
816
813
12.
Ecuador
473
472
476
481
Total OPEC**
29,163
29,081
29,320
29,717

*Based on secondary sources.
**Totals may not add up due to independent rounding.
Source: OPEC, Monthly Oil Market Report, February 2011, Table 5.4, here

(According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Saudi Arabia produced on average 8.4 million barrels per day of crude oil, including about one-half of the production in the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone, in 2010---please see here and here. Also, please see our post "World's Top 20 Crude Oil Producers, Nov. 2010," here. Update: please see my post "OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2011-Jan. 2012." -- D.R.)

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