Recoverable Oil Resources of the World*, Table
- Recoverable Oil Resources of the World*, Table
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region cumulative reserves undiscovered total oil
production resources endowment**
North America 202 106 121 429
South America 74 93 44 211
Western Europe 23 19 28 70
Eastern Europe (including Russia) 113 104 64 281
Central Asia and Transcaucasia 16 24 39 79
Middle East 194 666 122 982
Africa (including North Africa) 57 62 48 167
Oceania and Asia 45 45 81 171
Total world 724 1,119 547 2,390
*In billion barrels; figures adapted from
Oil & Gas Journal and U.S. Geological Survey.
**Percent of original reserves by average API gravity: 10 degrees-20 degrees: 5 percent; 20 degrees-25 degrees:
6 percent; 25 degrees-35 degrees: 57 percent; above 35 degrees: 32 percent.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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