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TABLE 7-8
Ranking of oil-rich countries - 1975

By reserves Cumu- By 1975 production
end-1975 lative
produc-
tion
( lo9 bbl) ( lo9 bbl) (1 O6 b/day )
1 Saudi Arabia (148.6) 23.1 U.S.S.R. (9.74)
2 U.S.S.R. (80.4) U.S.A. (8.37)
3 Kuwait (68.0) 16.6 Saudi Arabia (7.00)
4 Iran (64.5) 21.4 Iran (5.60)
5 Iraq (34.3) (2.40)
6 U.S.A. (33.0) { ELuela (2.40)
I AbuDhabi (29.5) 2.5 Kuwait (1.95)
8 Libya (26.1) 8.7 Nigeria (1.85)
9 Nigeria (20.2) 4.2 Abu Dhabi (1.50)
10 China (20) Libya (1.40)
11 Venezuela (17.7) (-1.3)
12 U.K. (16.0) 3i:i { E~~esia (1.30)
13 Indonesia (14.0) 6.0 Algeria (0.94)
14 Mexico (9.5) 5.4 Mexico (0.71)
15 Algeria (7.4) 3.8 U.K. (0.04)
World 659 53.9
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TABLE 7-9
Ranking of oil-rich countries - 1980

By reserves Cumu- By 1980 production
end-1980 lative
produc-
tion
(lo9 bbl) (lo9 bbl) (lo6 b/day)
1 Saudi Arabia (165.0) 38.8 U.S.S.R. (12.05)
2 Kuwait (64.9) 20.0 Saudi Arabia (9.62)
3 U.S.S.R. (63.0) U.S.A. (8.65)
4 Iran (57.5) 29.4 Iraq (2.60)
5 Mexico (44.0) 7.5 China (2.17)
6 Iraq (30.0) 15.2 Venezuela (2.15)
7 AbuDhabi (29.0) 5.8 Nigeria (2.10)
8 U.S.A. (26.4) Mexico (1.96)
9 Libya (23.0) 13.0 Libya (1.78)
10 China (20.5) U.K. (1.60)
11 Venezuela (18.0) 35.8 Indonesia (1.57)
12 Nigeria (16.7) 8.0 Kuwait (1.40)
13 U.K. (14.8) 1.7 Abu Dhabi (1.38)
14 Indonesia (9.5) 8.8 Iran (1.28)
15 Algeria (8.2) 5.6 Algeria (1.00)
World 649 59.7
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