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World Conventional Oil Resources, by Basin,
in Billions (109) of Barrels

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as of 1/1/93

Annual Production Cumulative Production Identified Reserves Undiscovered Resources Futures
95% Mode 5% Mean
WESTERN EUROPE 1.7 22.6 41.2 9.3 15.8 39.7 21.2  
                 
UNITED KINGDOM 0.7 11.2 19.5 3.2 5.6 15.4 7.9  
4001 Rockhall Trough       0.3 0.5 1 0.7 0.5
4002 Porcupine Bight       0.05 0.1 0.3 0.15 0.1
4003 West Shetland   0 2 0.5 1 2.5 1.2 3
(4004) Central No.Sea - U.K. See also Norway   10.9 17.5 2 4 11.5 6  
4005 Irish Sea         Ng     0.01
4006 Celtic Sea         Ng     0.01
4007 English Channel       0.05 0.1 0.3 0.15 0.1
4008 So. North Sea   0.17 0.45   Ng     0.45
                 
NORWAY 0.8 5.8 17.1 4.1 6.7 15 8.5  
4004 Central No. Sea (Total)   17.2 31.9 4 7 18.7 9.9 38.9
Norway 40%   5.9 14.4 2 3.2 7.5 3.9  
United Kingdom 60%   10.9 17.5 2 4 11.5 6  
4009 Barents, Norwegian       0.8 1.3 3 1.7 1.3
4010 Voring         Ng     0.01
4011 Helgeland   0 2.4 0.7 1.4 3.5 2 3.8
4012 Harstad       0.4 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.6
4013 Tromso         Ng     0.01
4014 Hammerfest       0.06 0.1 0.3 0.15 0.1
4015 Norwegian-Danish (No. Sea) 1 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.8 1.8
                 
FRANCE                
4016 Paris         NA     0
4017 Aquitaine         Ng     0.01
                 
GERMANY                
(4015) Norwegian - Danish         NA      
4018 Molasse         NA     0
4019 Rhine Graben         NA     0
                 
EASTERN EUROPE 0.1 6.3 2 0.9 1.6 5.8 2.7  
4020 Baltic       0.1 0.25 0.8 0.4 0.25
                 
POLAND                
4021 Polish-Warsaw Trough   0.2 0.14 0.05 0.1 0.3 0.15 0.24
                 
AUSTRIA                
4022 Vienna B.     0.2   NA     0.2
                 
HUNGARY       0.05 0.1 0.3 0.12  
4023 Pannonian (Total)   2.1 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.3 1.3
Hungary (80%)       0.08 0.16 0.48 0.09  
Bosnia Croatia (20%)       0.02 0.04 0.12 0.03  
                 
ROMANIA   4.8 1.2 0.4 0.7 3.4 1.4  
4024 Transylvania   0.03 0.01   Ng     0.01
4025 Carpathian   4.8 1.2 0.3 0.5 3.4 1.4 1.7
ALBANIA       0.2 0.35 0.9 0.48  
BULGARIA                
4026 Moesian Platform       0.05 0.1 0.25 0.13 0.1
                 
GREECE                
4027 Thrace               0
4028 Kavala               0
4029 Salonika         NA     0
                 
ITALY   0.6 1.2 0.7 1.3 3.9 1.9  
4030 Adriatic   0.16 1.28 0.4 0.7 2 1 1.98
4031 Po   0.03 0.21 0.3 0.6 1.8 0.9 0.81
Sicily         NA      
                 
                 
SPAIN         NA      
4032 Ebro         NA     0
4033 La Mancha         NA     0
4034 Guadalquivir         NA     0
4035 Lusitania         NA     0
4036 Galicia       0.01       0.01
4037 W. Mediterranean (Total)   0 0 0.3 0.6 1.6 0.9 0.6
Alboran-So. Balearic-Algerian B.     0.01 0.02 0.04 0.03    
Ligurian-Provencal       0.3 0.5 1.5 0.8  
Corsica Sardinia       0.03 0.05 0.15 0.08  
Tyrhennian Sea       Ng Ng 0.02 Ng  
4038 E. Mediterranean (Total)   0 0 0.4 1.1 2 1.3 1.1
Hellenic Trench***                
Mediterranean Ridge***       0.03 0.5 1 0.55  
Herodotus B.***                
Nile Cone-Levant Platform       0.08 0.15 0.5 0.24  
Hellenic Arc-Aegean Basin       0.15 0.27 0.6 0.3  
Cyprus (Levantine) B. & Arc       0.1 0.2 0.5 0.25  
4039 C. Mediterranean (Total)   0 0 0.1 0.2 1 0.4 0.2
Ionian Sea/Sirte Rise       0.1 0.2 1 0.4  
Mediterranean Area (Total)       0.9 1.8 5 2.5  
N.B.: No econ. or tech. limits on assessments                
4040-5000                
***  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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