Oil Production

HC Deb 21 October 1986 vol 102 c759W

Mr. Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish figures to show, for the 12 months of 1984, the top 20 oil producers in the world in terms of (a) per thousand barrels per day and (b) per million tonnes per annum.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

The 20 largest oil producers in the world in 1984 were as follows:

Production of crude oil and NGLs in 1984
	Thousand barrels per day	Million tonnes per annum
1. USSR	12,450	612.7
2. USA	10,505	500.2
3. Saudi Arabia	4,760	233.0
4. Mexico	3,015	150.4
5. United Kingdom	2,580	125.9
6. China	2,300	114.5
7.Iran	2,195	109.3
8. Venezuela	1,875	97.5
9. Canada	1,645	78.2
10. Indonesia	1,410	68.5
11.Nigeria	1,385	68.6
12.Iraq	1,225	60.3
13. Libya	1,105	53.0
14. Algeria	1,075	46.1
15. Kuwait	985	48.9
16. Egypt	860	42.5
17. Abu Dhabi	825	38.9
18. Norway	755	36.8
19. Argentina	465	24.4
20. Brazil	460	22.2

Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 1986.