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Top Oil Producers

Top Oil Producers

This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Cutler J. Cleveland

The following list of top world oil producers is for 2007 and is from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), part of the United States Department of Energy.

Rank

Country

Production (thousand barrels per day)

1

Saudi Arabia

10,248

2

Russia

9,874

3

United States

8,457

4

Iran

4,034

5

China

3,912

6

Mexico

3,500

7

Canada

3,422

8

United Arab Emirates

2,948

9

Venezuela

2,670

10

Kuwait

2,616

11

Norway

2,565

12

Nigeria

2,353

13

Brazil

2,250

14

Algeria

2,174

15

Iraq

2,097

 16

 Libya

 1,845

 17

 Angola

 1,769

 18

 United Kingdom

 1,689

 19

 Kazakhstan

 1,444

 20

 Qatar

 1,125

 21

 Indonesia

 1,043

 

Further Reading:

  1.  US Energy Information Administration

Citation

Eia (Content Source);Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor) "Top Oil Producers". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 3, 2009; Last revised Date June 3, 2009; Retrieved May 25, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Top_Oil_Producers>

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