01-08_world-staff_T2.htm (Aug-2001)

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World crude/condensate production and wells actually producing – 2000 versus 1999
(Data complied by World Oil, with aid of government agencies, industry associations, oil cos., and private sources.)
	End of 2000			End of 1999	Daily Average Production (Barrels)*
Area and country	Flowing	Art. Lift	Total	Total**	2000		1999	**	% diff.

North America	26,260	563,959	590,219	599,826	10,573,025		10,453,850		1.1
Canada	5,088	48,219	53,307	50,612	1,603,000		1,552,350		3.3
Cuba	59	204	263	243	48,000		46,500		3.2
Mexico	1,010	2,066	3,076	2,991	3,110,000		2,906,000		7.0
United States	20,103	513,447	533,550	545,957	5,789,025		5,925,000		– 2.3
Others	0	23	23	23	23,000		24,000		– 4.2
South America	3,357	46,124	49,481	46,258	6,733,819		6,595,520		2.1
Argentina	416	13,539	13,955	13,859	770,533		801,400		– 3.9
Bolivia	85	199	284	264	38,498	•	36,700	•	4.9
Brazil	942	5,343	6,285	6,007	1,461,000		1,330,180		9.8
Chile	10	190	200	177	6,762		7,684		– 12.0
Colombia	160	2,635	2,795	2,883	700,100		816,000		– 14.2
Ecuador	45	1,215	1,260	1,291	323,000		346,000		– 6.6
Peru	49	4,570	4,619	4,647	99,217	•	105,972	•	– 6.4
Trinidad & Tobago	426	3,572	3,998	3,892	130,867		137,298		– 4.7
Venezuela	1,223	14,283	15,506	12,684	3,190,000		3,000,000		6.3
Others	1	578	579	554	13,842		14,286		– 3.1
Western Europe	1,600	3,110	4,710	4,710	6,543,357		6,540,417		0.0
Austria	47	805	852	889	19,228		20,300		– 5.3
Denmark	61	106	167	155	363,000		299,000		21.4
France	17	458	475	460	31,871		34,687		– 8.1
Germany	50	1,152	1,202	1,251	62,742		55,054		14.0
Italy	70	97	167	230	91,521		100,340		– 8.8
Netherlands	– not available –				50,218		54,888		– 8.5
Norway	675	0	675	612	3,303,342		3,123,000		5.8
United Kingdom	665	475	1,140	1,088	2,595,435		2,828,648		– 8.2
Others	15	17	32	25	26,000		24,500		6.1
Eastern Europe	5,153	119,165	124,318	116,335	8,041,603		7,600,854		5.8
Bulgaria	49	178	227	219	851		785		8.4
Croatia	42	690	732	741	22,960	•	24,557	•	– 6.5
Czech Republic	30	129	159	163	3,510		3,679		– 4.6
FSU-Russian Federation	4,395	105,544	109,939	100,588	6,451,120		6,100,630		5.7
FSU-Others	– not available –				1,392,878		1,300,313		7.1
Hungary	234	671	905	806	32,049	•	32,308	•	– 0.8
Poland	61	1,391	1,452	1,708	7,221		3,977		81.6
Romania	290	9,163	9,453	10,406	124,246		128,181		– 3.1
Others	52	1,399	1,451	1,704	6,768		6,424		5.4
Africa	4,707	3,668	8,375	8,272	7,544,310		7,313,580		3.2
Algeria	930	305	1,235	1,136	1,292,952	•	1,244,253	•	3.9
Angola	302	332	634	628	785,000		770,000		1.9
Congo	90	338	428	435	280,500		280,000		0.2
Egypt	179	1,117	1,296	1,318	748,410		806,600		– 7.2
Equatorial Guinea	25	0	25	20	187,000		102,000		83.3
Gabon	283	116	399	400	335,000		351,000		– 4.6
Libya	904	532	1,436	1,430	1,410,000		1,320,000		6.8
Nigeria	1,779	330	2,109	2,145	2,120,000		2,100,000		1.0
Sudan	29	126	155	104	128,000		71,000		80.3
Tunisia	40	159	199	197	77,659		83,041		– 6.5
Others	146	313	459	459	179,789		185,686		– 3.2
Middle East	5,789	4,438	11,132	10,636	21,685,535		20,684,523		4.8
Iran	1,287	0	1,287	1,211	3,661,000		3,597,000		1.8
Iraq	– not available –				2,571,000		2,468,000		4.2
Kuwait	785	0	785	730	1,669,459		1,597,720		4.5
Neutral Zone	210	340	550	513	630,000		590,000		6.8
Oman	160	2,365	2,525	2,470	955,000		905,000		5.5
Qatar	325	90	415	411	723,500	•	723,548	•	0.0
Saudi Arabia	1,457	93	1,550	1,450	8,039,000		7,538,000		6.6
Syria	– not available –		905	860	523,000		538,000		– 2.8
Turkey	2	811	813	809	52,676		55,262		– 4.7
UAE-Abu Dhabi	1,131	169	1,300	1,224	2,107,000		1,960,000		7.5
UAE-Dubai	12	193	205	200	230,000		225,000		2.2
Yemen	200	135	335	312	436,000		409,000		6.6
Others	220	242	462	446	87,900	•	77,993	•	12.7
Far East	4,716	90,469	95,185	92,624	6,680,703		6,652,978		0.4
Brunei	91	531	622	641	193,101		181,722		6.3
China	1,664	77,498	79,162	77,610	3,195,000		3,173,000		0.7
India	562	3,116	3,678	3,708	535,742		563,939		– 5.0
Indonesia	1,511	7,830	9,341	8,226	1,460,693		1,494,910		– 2.3
Malaysia	560	455	1,015	1,022	780,000		778,000		0.3
Myanmar	15	672	687	713	11,300		9,498		19.0
Pakistan	59	86	145	143	55,873		55,147		1.3
Philippines	7	0	7	7	1,144		859		33.2
Thailand	70	105	175	194	109,728	•	83,899	•	30.8
Viet Nam	110	40	150	146	315,000		289,775		8.7
Others	67	136	203	214	23,122	•	22,229	•	4.0
South Pacific	267	1,156	1,423	1,227	832,841		675,988		23.2
Australia	198	1,123	1,321	1,120	722,779		546,877		32.2
New Zealand	35	31	66	70	40,000	•	41,095	•	– 2.7
Papua New Guinea	34	2	36	37	70,062		88,016		– 20.4

World Total	51,849	832,089	884,843	879,888	68,635,193		66,517,710		3.2
* Totals do not include natural gas liquids or oil from unconventional sources. ** Revised Note: 2000 producing well total will not equal sum of breakdown catagories due to lack of data in some countries. • All or a significant portion is condensate.