Recoverable Heavy Oil Resources of the World*, Table
- Recoverable Heavy Oil Resources of the World*, Table
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region cumulative reserves undiscovered total
production resources heavy oil
United States 10.8 17.4 23.6 51.8
Canada 0.4 0.7 4.9 6.0
Mexico 1.2 4.2 1.6 7.0
Venezuela 13.2 136.7 13.0 162.9
Remaining Latin America 0.2 1.6 3.2 5.0
Western Europe 0.8 8.0 0.2 9.0
Eastern Europe 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4
Russia 4.7 6.2 18.5 29.4
Transcaucasia and Central Asia 0.5 0.7 2.1 3.3
Middle East 32.5 114.4 22.1 169.0
Africa (including North Africa) 0.4 3.6 0.6 4.6
China 0.3 9.2 0.0 9.5
Oceania and Asia (excluding China) 2.3 3.7 3.6 9.6
Total world 67.4 306.7 93.4 467.5
*In billion barrels; figures adapted from U.S. Geological Survey, American Association
of Petroleum Geologists, and
Oil & Gas Journal.
* * *
Universalium.
2010.
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