00-08_world-staff_T2.html (Aug-2000)

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World crude/condensate production and wells actually producing – 1999 versus 1998
(Data complied by World Oil, with aid of government agencies, industry associations, oil companies, and private sources.)
AREA AND COUNTRY		End of 1998			End of 1999	DAILY AVERAGE PRODUCTION (BARRELS)*
AREA AND COUNTRY		Flowing	Art. Lift	Total	Total**	1999		1998**		% diff.

North America		29,546	578,708	608,254	615,505	10,006,250		11,455,909		– 12.7
	Canada	5,062	45,550	50,612	49,658	1,552,350		1,640,109		– 5.4
	Cuba	47	196	243	264	47,000		39,000		20.5
	Mexico	1,991	1,000	2,991	3,412	2,533,000		3,499,000		– 27.6
	United States	22,446	531,939	554,385	562,148	5,849,200		6,251,800		– 6.4
	Others	0	23	23	23	24,700		26,000		– 5.0
South America		2,877	43,562	46,439	48,876	6,674,046		6,524,000		2.3
	Argentina	380	13,363	13,743	14,000	866,030		905,273		– 4.3
	Bolivia	119	193	312	335	36,700	•	34,732	•	5.7
	Brazil	664	5,343	6,007	6,356	1,330,180		975,000		36.4
	Chile	13	287	300	305	8,900		8,900		0.0
	Colombia	170	2,713	2,883	2,974	826,000		764,000		8.1
	Ecuador	51	1,240	1,291	1,322	346,000		375,482		– 7.9
	Peru	35	4,612	4,647	4,036	105,927	•	115,593	•	– 8.4
	Trinidad & Tobago	386	3,496	3,882	4,121	140,023		140,023		0.0
	Venezuela	1,056	11,764	12,820	14,899	3,000,000		3,193,000		– 6.0
	Others	3	551	554	528	14,286		11,997		19.1
Western Europe		1,485	3,223	4,708	4,656	6,317,515		6,195,996		2.0
	Austria	40	849	889	923	20,339		20,145		1.0
	Denmark	10	136	146	132	299,000		238,000		25.6
	France	21	439	460	444	35,082		39,010		– 10.1
	Germany	50	1,201	1,251	1,296	55,058		58,153		– 5.3
	Italy	103	127	230	231	100,346		112,504		– 10.8
	Netherlands	--------------------------not available--------------------------				53,877		59,650		– 9.7
	Norway	612	0	612	542	2,918,315		2,923,960		– 0.2
	United Kingdom	637	451	1,088	1,050	2,828,648		2,730,849		3.6
	Others	12	20	32	38	6,850		13,725		– 50.1
Eastern Europe		8,688	116,125	124,813	122,013	7,479,763		7,408,707		1.0
	Bulgaria	44	175	219	230	785		645		21.7
	Croatia	39	702	741	730	24,557	•	26,160	•	– 6.1
	Czech Republic	29	143	172	160	3,690		3,612		2.2
	FSU-Russian Federation	7,240	94,697	101,937	98,266	6,070,948		6,041,071		0.5
	FSU-Kazakhstan	690	6,640	7,330	7,328	604,172		571,232		5.8
	FSU-Others	--------------------------not available---------------------------				600,947		586,297		2.5
	Hungary	209	597	806	823	32,308	•	32,975	•	– 2.0
	Poland	68	1,649	1,717	1,860	7,493		7,521		– 0.4
	Romania	365	10,041	10,406	10,981	128,181		131,706		– 2.7
	Others	4	1,481	1,485	1,635	6,682		7,488		– 10.8
Africa		4,535	3,707	8,242	8,067	7,252,470		7,335,415		– 1.1
	Algeria	836	300	1,136	1,175	1,202,300	•	1,248,000	•	– 3.7
	Angola	300	328	628	605	770,000		735,000		4.8
	Cameroon	210	65	275	298	100,000		120,500		– 17.0
	Congo	88	347	435	430	280,000		279,675		0.1
	Egypt	201	1,117	1,318	1,250	806,600		833,000		– 3.2
	Gabon	125	275	400	370	351,000		357,000		– 1.7
	Libya	902	528	1,430	1,425	1,320,000		1,390,000		– 5.0
	Nigeria	1,770	375	2,145	2,125	2,100,000		2,125,000		– 1.2
	Sudan	15	89	104	26	71,000		12,500		468.0
	Tunisia	38	159	197	191	83,041		81,995		1.3
	Others	50	124	174	172	168,529		152,745		10.3
Middle East		5,501	4,252	10,583	10,577	20,906,524		21,582,950		– 3.1
	Iran	1,211	0	1,211	1,152	3,597,000		3,657,000		– 1.6
	Iraq	--------------------------not available--------------------------				2,468,000		2,110,000		17.0
	Kuwait	730	0	730	810	1,597,720		1,777,230		– 10.1
	Neutral Zone	190	275	465	455	550,000		529,101		3.9
	Oman	173	2,297	2,470	2,377	904,000		899,000		0.6
	Qatar	322	89	411	412	723,548		793,000		– 8.8
	Saudi Arabia	1,400	75	1,475	1,575	7,800,000		8,350,000		– 6.6
	Syria	--------not available--------		830	810	538,000		550,000		– 2.2
	Turkey	2	807	809	823	56,262		61,741		– 8.9
	UAE-Abu Dhabi	1,065	159	1,224	1,230	1,960,000		2,145,000		– 8.6
	UAE-Dubai	10	190	200	221	225,000		250,000		– 10.0
	Yemen	192	120	312	286	409,000		387,800		5.5
	Others	206	240	446	426	77,994	•	73,078	•	6.7
Far East		4,113	88,542	92,655	91,144	6,569,345		6,636,842		– 1.0
	Brunei	97	544	641	624	181,836		157,386		15.5
	China	1,785	75,825	77,610	76,090	3,173,000		3,199,000		– 0.8
	India	587	3,121	3,708	3,725	563,939		591,471		– 4.7
	Indonesia	720	7,506	8,226	8,337	1,494,910		1,557,900		– 4.0
	Malaysia	562	460	1,022	976	693,000		725,000		– 4.4
	Myanmar	46	667	713	698	9,498		9,254		2.6
	Pakistan	70	100	170	165	60,800		59,000		3.1
	Philippines	7	0	7	7	859		790		8.7
	Thailand	61	133	194	145	83,899	•	75,342	•	11.4
	Viet Nam	103	43	146	138	289,775		243,500		19.0
	Others	75	143	218	239	17,829	•	18,199	•	– 2.0
South Pacific		188	981	1,169	1,265	629,980		657,640		– 4.2
	Australia	131	961	1,092	1,175	500,869		534,790		– 6.3
	New Zealand	27	13	40	45	41,095	•	44,535	•	– 7.7
	Papua New Guinea	30	7	37	45	88,016		78,315		12.4

World Total		56,933	839,100	896,863	902,103	65,835,893		67,797,459		– 2.9
Totals do not include natural gas liquids or oil from unconventional sources. *Revised N/A: Not available. • All or a significant portion is condensate. Note: 1999 producing well total will not equal sum of breakdown catagories due to lack of data in some countries

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