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.

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