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Summary Table
| Barrels | Global Rank | |
Oil Reserves | 35,230,000,000 | 11th in the world |
| Barrels per Day | Global Rank | |
Oil Production | 14,837,640 | 1st in the world |
Oil Consumption | 19,687,287 | 1st in the world |
Daily Deficit | -4,849,647 | |
Oil Imports | 7,850,000 | |
Oil Exports | 591,000 | |
Net Imports | 7,259,000 |
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)
Oil Reserves in the United States
See also: List of countries by Oil Reserves
The United States holds 35,230,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2016, ranking 11th in the world and accounting for about2.1% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000 barrels.
The United States has proven reserves equivalent to 4.9 times its annual consumption. This means that, without imports, there would be about 5 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).
Oil Reserves
35,230,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: 11th | Share of World: 2.13 %
5 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)
History of Oil Reserves in the United States
Oil Consumption in the United States
See also: List of countries by Oil Consumption
- The United States consumes 19,687,287 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.
- The United States ranks 1st in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 20.3% of the world's total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.
- The United States consumes 2.51 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 329,179,427 people), or 917 gallons per capita per year (22 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]
Oil Production in the United States
See also: List of countries by Oil Production
- The United States produces14,837,640 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking 1st in the world.
- The United States produces every year an amount equivalent to 15.4% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).
Oil Imports
- The United States imports 37% of its oil consumption (7,259,000 barrels per day in 2016).
History of Oil Consumption and Production
See also
Sources
- Statistical Review of World Energy - British Petroleum
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
