99-08_world-staff_table2.html (Aug-1999)

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World crude / condensate production and wells actually producing — 1998 versus 1997
(Data complied by World Oil, with aid of government agencies, industry associations, oil cos., and private sources.)
	End of 1998			End of 1997	Daily Average Production (barrels)*
Area and Country	Flowing	Art. Lift	Total	Total**	1998		1997**		% diff.

North America	30,939	575,234	606,173	627,865	11,160,891		11,255,352		– 0.8
Canada	4,815	44,843	49,658	50,901	1,640,109		1,629,260		0.7
Cuba	30	234	264	266	32,500		31,500		3.2
Mexico	1,161	2,251	3,412	3,605	3,165,000		3,119,000		1.5
United States	24,933	527,883	552,816	573,070	6,297,282		6,451,592		– 2.4
Others	0	23	23	23	26,000		24,000		8.3
South America	2,897	47,247	50,144	50,238	6,468,636		6,362,391		1.7
Argentina	387	13,984	14,371	14,085	905,279		889,164		1.8
Bolivia	207	128	335	329	34,598	•	30,194	•	14.6
Brazil	378	6,683	7,061	7,058	967,700		841,487		15.0
Chile	15	290	305	338	8,000		8,444		– 5.3
Colombia	170	2,804	2,974	2,924	760,000		652,000		16.6
Ecuador	50	1,272	1,322	1,366	375,482		388,232		– 3.3
Peru	38	3,998	4,036	3,770	115,593	•	118,239	•	– 2.2
Trinidad & Tobago	399	3,723	4,122	4,086	140,023		143,230		– 2.2
Venezuela	1,245	13,845	15,090	15,786	3,150,000		3,280,000		– 4.0
Others	8	520	528	496	11,961		11,401		4.9
Western Europe	1,364	3,343	4,707	4,831	6,189,256		6,236,358		– 0.8
Austria	44	879	923	970	20,008		19,944		0.3
Denmark	17	166	183	180	230,000		238,500		– 3.6
France	12	432	444	474	38,952		41,191		– 5.4
Germany	21	1,275	1,296	1,369	57,494		56,024		2.6
Italy	104	127	231	234	112,454		119,156		– 5.6
Netherlands	-------------------------- Not available --------------------------				59,650		61,262		– 2.6
Norway	542	0	542	550	2,923,960		3,043,691		– 3.0
United Kingdom	610	440	1,050	1,011	2,733,013		2,638,202		3.6
Others	14	24	38	43	13,725		18,388		– 25.4
Eastern Europe	8,345	114,293	123,258	126,816	7,391,132		7,425,471		– 0.5
Albania	0	1,500	1,500	N/A	6,300		9,215		– 31.6
Croatia	38	692	730	758	31,160	•	29,367	•	6.1
Czech Republic	22	138	160	171	3,612		3,280		10.1
FSU-Russian Federation	6,870	91,130	98,000	101,918	6,039,000		6,087,702		– 0.8
FSU-Kazakhstan	693	6,599	7,292	8,064	520,622		518,007
FSU-Others	-------------------------- Not available --------------------------				599,503		577,265		3.9
Hungary	235	695	930	1,000	32,975	•	35,457	•	– 7.0
Poland	69	1,753	1,822	1,951	7,518		8,939		– 15.9
Romania	418	11,786	12,204	12,274	130,436		134,470		– 3.0
Yugoslavia (Serbia)	------ Not available -------		620	680	18,000		19,722		– 8.7
Others	-------------------------- Not available --------------------------				2,006		2,047		– 2.0
Africa	4,540	3,531	8,071	8,135	7,343,345		7,513,000		– 2.3
Algeria	865	310	1,175	1,214	1,248,000	•	1,278,500	•	– 2.4
Angola	289	316	605	581	735,000		708,951		3.7
Cameroon	221	77	298	291	120,500		118,500		1.7
Congo	87	343	430	395	279,675		238,550		17.2
Cote d’Ivoire	23	0	23	17	21,000		16,000		31.3
Egypt	190	1,060	1,250	1,272	833,600		852,600		– 2.2
Gabon	118	252	370	280	357,000		367,000		– 2.7
Libya	912	513	1,425	1,470	1,390,000		1,446,000		– 3.9
Nigeria	1,760	365	2,125	2,251	2,125,000		2,300,000		– 7.6
Tunisia	32	159	191	186	81,995		79,820		2.7
Others	43	136	179	178	151,575		107,079		41.6
Middle East	5,498	4,214	10,519	10,283	21,354,947		20,364,462		4.9
Iran	1,152	0	1,152	1,121	3,657,000		3,626,000		0.9
Iraq	-------------------------- Not available --------------------------				2,110,000		1,150,000		83.5
Kuwait	810	0	810	788	1,777,230		1,742,060		2.0
Neutral Zone	182	273	455	439	529,101		516,616		2.4
Oman	150	2,227	2,377	2,230	899,000		902,800		– 0.4
Qatar	348	64	412	385	793,000		665,000		19.2
Saudi Arabia	1,430	105	1,535	1,565	8,114,000		8,297,000		– 2.2
Syria	------ Not available -------		807	832	550,000		570,000		– 3.5
Turkey	3	820	823	793	61,741		66,175		– 6.7
UAE-Abu Dhabi	1,058	172	1,230	1,210	2,145,000		2,119,800		1.2
UAE-Dubai	11	210	221	216	270,000		284,210		– 5.0
Yemen	195	91	286	276	387,800		366,988		5.7
Others	159	252	411	428	61,075	•	57,813	•	5.6
Far East	77,048	14,166	91,214	89,467	6,556,039		6,557,849		0.0
Brunei	85	539	624	636	157,400		163,000		– 3.4
China	74,190	1,900	76,090	74,600	3,199,000		3,199,500		0.0
India	644	2,481	3,125	3,150	534,887		572,775		– 6.6
Indonesia	1,184	7,653	8,837	8,686	1,527,573		1,550,781		– 1.5
Malaysia	543	433	976	886	725,000		714,000		1.5
Myanmar	30	810	840	828	11,000		11,500		– 4.3
Pakistan	90	75	165	140	61,000		57,000		7.0
Philippines	7	0	7	7	790		817		– 3.3
Thailand	46	102	148	123	75,610	•	70,950	•	6.6
Viet Nam	102	36	138	122	245,745		194,755		26.2
Others	127	137	264	289	18,034	•	22,771	•	– 20.8
South Pacific	210	1,058	1,268	1,261	706,418		683,538		3.3
Australia	141	1,034	1,175	1,191	534,790		567,020		– 5.7
New Zealand	34	11	45	35	44,535	•	39,964	•	11.4
Papua New Guinea	35	13	48	35	127,093		76,554		66.0

World Total	130,841	763,086	895,354	918,896	67,170,664		66,398,421		1.2
* Totals do not include natural gas liquids or oil from unconventional sources.
** Revised		N/A: Not available
• All or a significant portion is condensate.
Note: 1998 producing well total will not equal sum of breakdown categories due to lack of data in some countries.

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