Energy in the OPEC countries

Energy in the OPEC countries is an overview of current status in energy in OPEC, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC is an intergovernmental organization of twelve countries: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.

Energy production

Energy production in the OPEC countries in 2009 (TWh): 1) Saudi Arabia 6,145 2) Iran 4,068 3) Nigeria 2,660 4) Venezuela 2,367 5) United Arab Emirates 1,963 6) Algeria 1,885 7 Qatar 1,628 8) Kuwait 1,515 9) Iraq 1,391 10) Angola 1,174 11) Libya 1,013 and Ecuador x.

Overview

Primary energy in the OPEC countries (IEA)
	TWh	capita	Capita growth 2004-2008	TWh/million
Iran	2,350	71.96	7.4%	33
Saudi Arabia	1,879	24.65	2.9%	76
Nigeria	1,293	151.32	17.6%	9
Venezuela	745	27.94	6.9%	27
UAE	680	4.48	3.7%	152
Algeria	431	34.36	6.2%	13
Iraq	395	28.22	11.2%	14
Kuwait	306	2.73	11.0%	112
Qatar	281	1.28	64.1%	220
Libya	212	6.28	9.4%	34
Angola	128	18.02	16.3%	7
Ecuador	120	13.48	3.4%	9
Mtoe = 11.63 TWh, Prim. energy includes energy losses

Energy per capita: primary energy TWh per million people in 2008: Qatar 220, United Arab Emirates 152, Kuwait 112, Saudi Arabia 76, Libya 34, Iran 33, Venezuela 27, Algeria 13, Iraq 14, Nigeria 9, Ecuador 9 and Angola 7.

Population growth in four years between 2004-2008 was Qatar 64%, Nigeria 18%, Angola 16% and Kuwait and Iraq 11%.