Oil Producing Countries Top 10

US 15.647 million b/d

Saudi Arabia 12.090 million b/d

Russia 11.210 million b/d

Canada 4.958 million b/d

China 4.779 million b/d

Iran 4.695 million b/d

Iraq 4.455 million b/d

UAE 3.721 million b/d

Brazil 3.363 million b/d

Kuwait 2.825 million b/d

https://investingnews.com/daily/resource-investing/energy-investing/oil-and-gas-investing/top-oil-producing-countries/

Global oil production has risen from 55 billion bpd in 1973 to 84 million bpd in 2018.

https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/browser/?tbl=T11.01B

Oil export trends as of 2017

Saudi Arabia oil exports have dropped from 7.5 million b/d in 2016 to 7.0 million b/d in 2017

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/saudi-arabia/crude-oil-exports

Russia oil exports grew from 4.5 million b/d in 2014 to 5.1 million b/d in 2017.

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/russia/crude-oil-exports

Iraq crude oil exports have increased from 1,467,800 b/d in 2006 to 3.8 million b/d in 2017.

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/iraq/crude-oil-exports

Syria crude oil exports have dropped from 400,000 b/d in 2006 to 22,847 b/d in 2014 to 16,666 in 2017.

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/syria/crude-oil-production

Iran crude oil exports have dropped from 2.15 million b/d in 2017 to 0.95 million b/d in 2019.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/IRNNXGOCMBD

Comments

This article puts US oil production at 15.647 million b/d rather than the 12.4 million b/d reported by EIA. This is true, the US is closer than thought to reach 20 million b/d.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader