HELP Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy

Tamil Research Institution (TRI)
Total Proved Reserves
At the end
1995
Thousand
million
barrels
At the
end 2005
Thousand
million
barrels
At the
end 2014
Thousand
million
barrels
Thousand
million
barrels
At end 2015
Thousand
million
barrels
Share of
total
R/P ratio
Algeria 10.0 12.3 12.2 12.2 1.5 0.7% 21.1
Angola 3.1 9.0 12.7 12.7 1.7 0.7% 19.0
Chad - 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.2 0.1% 52.4
Republic of Congo 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 0.2 0.1% 15.8
Egypt 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.5 0.5 0.2% 13.2
Equatorial Guinea 0.6 1.8 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.1% 10.4
Gabon 1.5 2.1 2.0 2.0 0.3 0.1% 23.5
Libya 29.5 41.5 48.4 48.4 6.3 2.8% 306.8
Nigeria 20.8 36.2 37.1 37.1 5.0 2.2% 43.2
South Sudan n/a n/a 3.5 3.5 0.5 0.2% 64.9
Sudan 0.3 0.6 1.5 1.5 0.2 0.1% 39.2
Tunisia 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.1 ◊ 18.6
Other Africa 0.7 0.5 3.7 3.7 0.5 0.2% 38.3
Total Africa 72.0 111.3 129.3 129.1 17.1 7.6% 42.2
Australia 3.8 3.7 4.0 4.0 0.4 0.2% 28.3
Brunei 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.1 0.1% 23.8
China 16.4 15.6 18.5 18.5 2.5 1.1% 11.7
India 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 0.8 0.3% 18.0
Indonesia 5.0 4.2 3.6 3.6 0.5 0.2% 12.0
Malaysia 5.2 5.3 3.6 3.6 0.5 0.2% 14.2
Thailand 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 ^ ◊ 2.3
Vietnam 0.8 3.1 4.4 4.4 0.6 0.3% 33.3
Other Asia Pacific 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.2 0.1% 12.0
Total Asia Pacific 39.1 40.8 42.6 42.6 5.7 2.5% 14.0
Total World 1126.2 1374.4 1700.0 1697.6 239.4 100.0% 50.7
of which: OECD 149.2 244.0 253.9 255.3 38.0 15.0% 29.7
Non-OECD 976.9 1130.4 1446.1 1442.3 201.3 85.0% 58.0
OPEC 786.6 927.8 1211.1 1211.6 169.9 71.4% 86.8
Non-OPEC 339.6 446.6 488.9 486.0 69.4 28.6% 24.9
European Union # 8.3 7.0 5.6 5.6 0.7 0.3% 10.1
CIS 121.5 122.2 141.9 141.1 19.1 8.3% 27.8
Canadian oil sands: Total 41.5 173.6 166.2 166.2 27.0
of which: Under active
development
3.6 10.2 24.4 24.4 4.0
Venezuela: Orinoco Belt - - 221.7 222.3 35.7
^ Less than 0.05.
◊ Less than 0.05%.
n/a not available.
# Excludes Estonia and Latvia in 2005.
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