World Conventional Oil Resources, by Basin,
in Billions (109) of Barrels
Oil Resource Tables of other Regions:
Africa | Asia/Oceania | Australia/New Zeland | Europe | Former Soviet Union
Middle East | North
America | Central America | South America | Contents
as of 1/1/93
Annual Production | Cumulative Production | Identified Reserves | Undiscovered Resources | Futures | ||||
95% | Mode | 5% | Mean | |||||
AFRICA (Total) | 2.5 | 56.5 | 76.5 | 22.1 | 37.7 | 95.9 | 50.8 | |
MOROCCO-SPANISH SAHARA | ||||||||
5001 Aaiun (S.S.) | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5002 Tarfaya | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5003 Essaouira | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5004 Rharb | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
(5005) Tindouf | 0.05 | 0.09 | 0.3 | 0.15 | ||||
MALI, MAURITANIA | ||||||||
5006 Taoudeni | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.05 | |||
ALGERIA (Total) | 0.4 | 11 | 8.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 1.9 | |
No. Algeria | ||||||||
5005 Tindouf) | 0.01 | |||||||
5007 Atlas Fold) | 0.01 | |||||||
5008 Bechar) | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5009 Reggane) | 0.01 | |||||||
5101 Mouydir | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
S.E. Algeria | ||||||||
5011 Triassic*** | 10.0 | |||||||
5100 Ghadames (or Erg Oriental)*** | 0.1 | 11 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5 | 2.5 | 10.0 |
5013 Illizi*** | 10.0 | |||||||
S. W. Algeria | ||||||||
5010 Erg Occidental*** | Ng | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.5 | 0.22 | 0.11 | ||
5012 Ahnet*** | 0.11 | |||||||
TUNISIA | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2 | 4 | 10.5 | 5.5 | ||
5014 Pelagian | 0.3 | 2.47 | 2 | 4 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 6.47 | |
LIBYA (Total) | 0.5 | 18 | 31.3 | 4.6 | 8.3 | 16.3 | 10.1 | |
5015 Hamada | 1.1 | 2.4 | NA | 2.4 | ||||
5016 Sirte | 14.5 | 30.5 | 4.3 | 8 | 15 | 9.6 | 38.5 | |
5017 Cyrenaica | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
5018 Murzuk | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5019 Kufra | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
EGYPT (Total) | 0.3 | 6 | 6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | |
5020 W. Desert | 0.38 | 0.73 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.93 | |
5021 Nile Delta | Ng | Ng | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.15 | 0.1 | |
5022 Nile | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5023 Gulf of Suez | 5.3 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 6.7 | |
5024 Sinai | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
NW AFRICA | ||||||||
5025 Senegal | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5026 Dove | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5027 Sierra Leone | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5028 Liberian | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5029 Ivory Coast | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5030 Dahomey | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5031 Volta | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
MALI-NIGER | ||||||||
5032 Iullemmeden | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
CHAD (Total) | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | |||
5033 Chad B. (Rscs. 100%) | 0 | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
5034 Chari | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |||
5035 Doba | 0 | 0.38 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.88 | |
5036 Doseo | 0 | 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.38 | |
SUDAN (Total) | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 3.1 | |||
5037 Upr. Nile | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | |
5038 Red Sea (Total)1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | |||
Egypt 21% | ||||||||
Sudan 12% | ||||||||
Ethiopia 18% | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia 43% | ||||||||
Yemen 6% | ||||||||
ETHIOPIA (Total) | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.08 | ||||
5039 Ogaden | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.05 | |||
SOMALIA (Total) | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||||
5040 Barbera-Hafun | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5041 Somalia B. | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |||
5042 Lamu | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.05 | |||
Somalia 50% | ||||||||
Kenya 50% | ||||||||
NIGERIA (Total) | 0.7 | 15.1 | 20.4 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 6.5 | |
5043 Benue Trough | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |||
5044 Niger Delta (Total) | 14.2 | 22.7 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 13 | 6.9 | 27.8 | |
Nigeria (92%) | 2.5 | 4.6 | 11.7 | 6.2 | ||||
Cameroon (8%) | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | ||||
CAMEROON (Total) | 0.55 | 0.9 | 10.2 | 1.2 | ||||
5045 Douala B. | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
(5044) Niger Delta (8%) | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.7 | ||||
GABON | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 1.7 | |
5046 Gabon B. | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 2.9 |
(5047) Congo B. | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||
CONGO | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
5047 Congo B. | 2.2 | 4.6 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 6.8 | |
Gabon (12%) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||
Congo (24%) | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.6 | ||||
Zaire (7%) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||
Angola (57%) | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | ||||
ANGOLA | 0.2 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 1.9 | |
5048 Cuanza B. | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.37 | 0.2 | 1.55 | |
5049 Okawanga B. | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.1 | |||
Angola (80%) | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.1 | ||||
Namibia (Etosha) (10%) | Ng | |||||||
Zambia (Barotse) (10%) | Ng | |||||||
5050 Mocamedes | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
Angola (70%) | ||||||||
Namibia (30%) | ||||||||
NAMIBIA | ||||||||
5051 Orange R. Delta | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
Namibia (75%) | Ng | |||||||
So. Africa (25%) | Ng | |||||||
SO. AFRICA | ||||||||
5052 Agulhas | 0 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 0.1 | 0.13 | |
5053 Karoo B. | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
BOTSWANA | ||||||||
5054 Kalahari B. (Karoo) | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.04 | |||
Botswana (85%) | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.06 | ||||
Namibia (15%) | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
ZAIRE | ||||||||
5055 Zaire B. | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |||
Zaire (80%) | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.65 | ||||
Congo (20%) | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||
5056 Other Karoo Rift Basins (Total) | 0.2 | 0.45 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.45 | |||
(excluding 5053, 5054) | ||||||||
Tanzania | ||||||||
Ruvu Rift*** | ||||||||
Mandawa Rift*** | ||||||||
Kenya*** | ||||||||
Tanga Rift*** | ||||||||
Zambia | ||||||||
Luangwa*** | ||||||||
Luana*** | ||||||||
Lukasashi*** | ||||||||
Kafue*** | ||||||||
Zimbabwe | ||||||||
Kariba*** | ||||||||
5057 | ||||||||
5058 E. African Rift Basins (Total) | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | |||
Western Trend (Mobuta-Urema) | ||||||||
Zaire (27%) | 0.1 | 0.15 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||
Uganda (12%) | Ng | 0.1 | ||||||
Rwanda | Ng | |||||||
Burundi (2%) | Ng | |||||||
Tanzania (32%) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | ||||
Malawi (20%) | 0.1 | 0.15 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||
Mozambique (5%) | Ng | |||||||
MOZAMBIQUE | ||||||||
5059 Limpopo | 0.1 | 0.15 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.15 | |||
TANZANIA | ||||||||
5060 Tanzania B. | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
MADAGASCAR | ||||||||
5061 Morondava*** | 0.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | |||
5062 Majunga*** | 1.2 | |||||||
5063 Tamatavi | NA | 0 | ||||||
5064 Malagasy Plat | NA | 0 | ||||||
SEYCHELLES | ||||||||
5065 Seychelles B. | Ng | 0.01 | ||||||
5066-5099 | ||||||||
5102-6000 | ||||||||
*** Basins
joined for assessment presentation ( ) Indicates basin also listed under another country - no further calculations Ng Negligible NA Not assessed Numbers with no following data are unused (e.g. 1009-12) |
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