HC Deb 18 June 1984 vol 62 cc6-7W
Mr. Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish figures for the 12 months of 1983 to show the top 20 world oil producers in terms of (a) thousand barrels per day and (b) million tonnes per annum.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

In 1983 the top 20 world oil producing countries had output estimated as follows:

Thousand barrels/day* Million tones*
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 12,520 616.3
United States of America 10,220 485.3
Saudi Arabia † 5,330 250.0
Mexico 2,950 146.6
Iran 2,530 125.7
United Kingdom 2,360 114.9
China 2,135 106.0
Venezuela 1,850 95.6
Canada 1,525 72.2

Thousand barrels/day* Million tones*
Indonesia 1,315 63.8
Nigeria 1,245 61.3
Libya 1,070 51.6
Iraq 1,005 49.2
Algeria 980 43.0
Abu Dhabi 795 38.0
Egypt 775 38.3
Kuwait† 715 35.4
Norway 625 30.6
Argentina 490 25.6
Australia 434 20.3
* Including crude oil, NGL's, shale oil and oilsands.
† Excluding neutral zone.

Source: BP Statistical Review.