World's Top 15 Oil Net Exporters in 2011 vis-�-vis 2009 -- EIA

by David Rachovich

Top World Oil Net Exporters (Thousand Barrels per Day) in 2009 and 2011

 

Rank	Country	Exports 2011*	Country	Exports 2009
1.	Saudi Arabia	8,336	Saudi Arabia	7,322
2.	Russia	7,083	Russia	7,194
3.	Iran	2,540	Iran	2,486
4.	United Arab Emirates	2,524	United Arab Emirates	2,303
5.	Kuwait	2,343	Norway	2,132
6.	Nigeria	2,257	Kuwait	2,124
7.	Iraq	1,915	Nigeria	1,939
8.	Norway	1,762	Angola	1,878
9.	Angola	1,760	Algeria	1,767
10.	Venezuela	1,715	Iraq	1,764
11.	Algeria	1,568	Venezuela	1,748
12.	Qatar	1,468	Libya	1,525
13.	Canada	1,425	Kazakhstan	1,299
14.	Kazakhstan	1,396	Canada	1,147
15.	Mexico	881	Qatar	1,066

*Libya's oil supply was disrupted for much of 2011 due to conflict. Libya holds the world's 9th largest proven oil reserves and the largest proven oil reserves in Africa, followed by Nigeria, Algeria and Angola---please see "World's Top 23 Proven Oil Reserves Holders, Jan 1, 2012 -- OGJ." According to BP data, Angola has the third largest proved oil reserves in Africa, ahead of Algeria---please see BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2012. -- D.R.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Last revised:  May 30, 2012

(Imports of Iranian oil by major consumers registered a sharp drop in July 2012, to 1.00 million barrels per day from 1.74 mb/d in June 2012---International Energy Agency/IEA, Oil Market Report (OMR), August 10, 2012, but are estimated to have inched up in August 2012, to 1.1 mb/d---IEA, OMR, Sept 12, 2012. Also, please see my post "OPEC's Top Crude Oil Producers, 2011-May 2012" -- D.R.).