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Highest Oil-Producing Countries 2011

Posted date: September 16, 2011 | No comment

This entry is the total oil produced in barrels per day (bbl/day) as o !anuary 1, 2011" The discrepancy

bet#een the amount o oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or e$ported is due to

the omission o stoc% chan&es, reinery &ains, and other complicatin& actors"

#1. RussiaBarrels per day: 10,120,000

'ussia produces 10"1 million barrels o oil per day" hile they are the top producer o oil, they are ran%ed

the 2 e$porter belo# Saudi *rabia" 'ussia e$ports +" million barrels per day"

#2. Saudi ArabiaBarrels per day: -,.6,000

Saudi *rabia produces -". million barrels o oil eery day"

#3. United StatesBarrels per day: -,0+6,000

The nited States produces -"0+ million barrels o oil per day" et, the "S" doesnt ma%e the list o the

Top 20 exporterso oil" The "S" is currently handlin& the ramiications o their massie 3P oil spill o

the 4ul 5oast"

#4. IranBarrels per day: ,1.2,000

ran produces "1 million barrels o oil daily"

#5. ChinaBarrels per day: 7,--1,000

5hina produces 7"- million barrels o oil eery day" They do not ma%e the list o Top 20 oil e$porters" The

country e$perienced their lar&est reported oil spill last year ater a pipeline e$ploded" 'esearchers

su&&est the ecolo&ical dama&e could last a decade"

#6. Canada

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Barrels per day: 7,28-,000

5anada produces 7"2 million barrels o oil per day" 5anadian Prime 9inister Stephen arper recently

ur&ed the "S" to approe a controersial oil pipeline rom 5anada to the "S" 4ul 5oast"

#7. Mexico

Barrels per day: 7,001,0009e$ico produces 7 million barrels o oil per day #hile e$portin& 1"7 million barrels" * massie oil pipeline

e$plosion in San 9artin Te$melucan %illed at least 28 people, includin& 17 children last year"

#. United Arab !"iratesBarrels per day: 2,.-8,000

The nited *rab ;mirates produce 2". million barrels o oil each day, #hile e$portin& 2"0 million barrels"

9ean#hile, reports sho# the *; has ocused some attention on inestin& in &reen ener&y, such as solar

po#er"

#. $ra%i&

Barrels per day: 2,+.2,0003ra

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Ci&eria produces 2"2 million &allons o oil per day, placin& them 12th amon& producers" 3ut they are the

th bi&&est e$porter, e$portin& 2"1 million barrels each day" 9uch controersy has surrounded oil

production in Ci&eria" 9ost recently 'oyal Dutch Shell is on the deensie ollo#in& a E100 million ine

imposed by a Ci&erian court or a 1-.0 oil spill" *lso, past reports sho# that militants hae attac%ed

pipelines and %idnapped oil employees, cuttin& into Ci&erias oil production" Fast year, a military attac% in

Ci&erias Bil Delta %illed up to 1+0 people"

#15. A&eriaBarrels per day: 2,12+,000

*l&eria produces 2"1 million barrels o oil daily" n 2010, *l&erias president ired the 5;B and top

mana&ers o the stateGo#ned oil irm Sonatrach ollo#in& a corruption scandal"

#16. Ano&aBarrels per day: 1,-8,000

*n&ola produces 1"- million barrels o oil daily, and e$port 1"8 million barrels, placin& them at . on the

#orlds list o e$porters"

#17. /ib-aBarrels per day: 1,.-0,000

Fibya produces 1". million barrels o oil per day, #hile e$portin& 1"2 million barrels daily" *s iolence in

Fibya currently escalates, the price o oil has s%yroc%eted"

#1. (a%a0hstanBarrels per day: 1,+0,000

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