OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2010-Jan. 2011

by Aaron and David Rachovich

OPEC Crude Oil Production* 2010-Jan.2011 (thousand barrels per day)

Rank	Country	Full Year 2010	Nov 2010	Dec 2010	Jan 2011
1.	Saudi Arabia	8,208	8,266	8,361	8,433
2.	Iran	3,708	3,678	3,679	3,658
3.	Iraq	2,397	2,405	2,448	2,706
4.	Kuwait	2,307	2,314	2,336	2,354
5.	UAE	2,305	2,268	2,340	2,375
6.	Venezuela	2,281	2,228	2,243	2,256
7.	Nigeria	2,064	2,143	2,204	2,172
8.	Angola	1,787	1,665	1,576	1,618
9.	Libya	1,560	1,568	1,572	1,574
10.	Algeria	1,270	1,268	1,270	1,276
11.	Qatar	804	806	816	813
12.	Ecuador	473	472	476	481
Total OPEC**		29,163	29,081	29,320	29,717

*Based on secondary sources.

**Totals may not add up due to independent rounding.

Source: OPEC, Monthly Oil Market Report, February 2011, Table 5.4, here

(According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Saudi Arabia produced on average 8.4 million barrels per day of crude oil, including about one-half of the production in the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone, in 2010---please see here and here. Also, please see our post "World's Top 20 Crude Oil Producers, Nov. 2010," here. Update: please see my post "OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2011-Jan. 2012." -- D.R.)