OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2011-Jan. 2012

by David Rachovich

 

OPEC Crude Oil Production* 2011-Jan. 2012 (thousand barrels per day)

Rank Full Year  2011	Country	Full Year 2011	Nov 2011	Dec 2011	Jan 2012
1.	Saudi Arabia	9,283	9,740	9,720	9,613
2.	Iran	3,615	3,553	3,521	3,478
3.	Iraq	2,671	2,680	2,715	2,745
4.	Kuwait	2,528	2,701	2,697	2,752
5.	UAE	2,521	2,520	2,595	2,570
6.	Venezuela	2,387	2,387	2,390	2,382
7.	Nigeria	2,116	2,071	2,095	2,080
8.	Angola	1,662	1,811	1,757	1,740
9.	Algeria	1,257	1,253	1,250	1,235
10.	Qatar	808	810	810	820
11.	Ecuador	490	498	494	491
12.	Libya	463	563	798	990
Total OPEC**		29,800	30,586	30,842	30,898

*Based on secondary sources.

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

Source: OPEC, Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR), February 2012, Table 5.4, here.

(Libya has been steadily increasing its production---please see above. Also, please see "OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2010-Jan. 2011," "OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2011-May 2012" and "World's Top 23 Crude Oil Producers (including OPEC production), Nov 2011 - EIA," -- D.R.)