October 1998
Industry At A Glance

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October 1998 Vol. 219 No. 10
Industry Stats 

World Oil Production
Million barrels per day
Aug. 1998 July 1998 Avg. 1997 Avg. 1996
OPEC - Crude Oil
Saudi Arabia 7.85 7.95 8.08 7.91
Iran 3.48 3.58 3.63 3.67
Iraq 2.43 2.32 1.15 0.58
United Arab Emirates 2.22 2.25 2.25 2.23
Kuwait 1.75 1.76 1.84 1.81
Neutral Zone 0.58 0.54 0.53 0.48
Qatar 0.63 0.65 0.62 0.49
Nigeria 1.91 2.14 2.28 2.15
Libya 1.34 1.34 1.42 1.39
Algeria 0.80 0.80 0.85 0.82
Venezuela 2.95 3.02 3.18 2.94
Indonesia 1.33 1.31 1.36 1.39
NGLs & condensate 2.91 2.88 2.80 2.61
Total OPEC 30.18 30.54 29.99 28.47
OECD1
U.S. 8.49 8.48 8.66 8.59
Mexico 3.46 3.51 3.41 3.28
Canada 2.60 2.63 2.57 2.46
United Kingdom 2.70 2.70 2.74 2.81
Norway 2.48 3.27 3.28 3.23
Europe-others 0.66 0.66 0.69 0.67
Australia 0.70 0.69 0.64 0.60
Pacific-others 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.07
Total OECD 21.16 22.01 22.07 21.71
Non-OECD
Former USSR 7.13 7.16 7.20 7.07
China 3.15 3.20 3.19 3.12
Malaysia 0.73 0.73 0.75 0.73
India 0.76 0.77 0.76 0.74
Asia-others 0.64 0.64 0.60 0.64
Europe 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.22
Brazil 1.28 1.27 1.13 1.06
Argentina 0.90 0.90 0.88 0.83
Colombia 0.79 0.76 0.66 0.64
Ecuador 0.38 0.33 0.39 0.39
Latin America-others 0.36 0.36 0.36 0.35
Oman 0.87 0.87 0.91 0.89
Syria 0.56 0.56 0.57 0.58
Yemen 0.38 0.39 0.37 0.37
Egypt 0.87 0.90 0.90 0.92
Angola 0.71 0.71 0.70 0.69
Gabon 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.36
Africa-others 0.79 0.79 0.76 0.68
Total Non-OECD 20.86 20.89 20.73 20.28
Processing gains 2 1.64 1.64 1.57 1.52
TOTAL SUPPLY 73.84 75.08 74.36 71.98
Source: International Energy Agency
1 Comprises crude oil, condensates, NGLs and oil from non-conventional sources.
2 Net of volumetric gains and losses in refining (excludes net gain/loss in former USSR, China and non-OECD Europe)

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