Kuwait

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Kuwait, an OPEC member country, is one of the world’s top producers and exporters of crude oil.
Kuwait has the world’s sixth largest oil reserves and is one of the ten largest exporters of total oil products.
Kuwait has recently become a net importer of natural gas, leading the country to focus more on natural gas exploration and development for domestic consumption.
Kuwait’s electric sector has not expanded despite demand growth of 8 percent per year.

Analysis Last Updated: July 2011

Overview data for Kuwait

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Kuwait	Middle East	OPEC	World	Rank	Kuwait
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,691.82	26,874	35,179	87,329	9	2,796.79
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,530.14	24,026	31,784	74,136	11	2,634.95
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	339.00	7,905	9,112	87,605	38	345.00 ^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,352.82	18,969	26,067	--	164	2,451.79
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	936	7,245	8,987	88,097	22	936
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	104.00	753	1,065	1,474	7	104.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Kuwait	Middle East	World	Rank		Kuwait
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	414	15,937	111,954	38		478
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	446	13,277	113,321	42		502
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-31	3,806	--	51		-24
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	64	2,658	6,637	19		64
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Kuwait	Middle East	World	Rank		Kuwait
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	1	7,954	68		0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	16	7,770	114		0.000
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	-15	--	85		0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Kuwait	Middle East	World	Rank		Kuwait
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	50.02	763	19,071	48		53.61
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	43.41	656	17,360	48		46.71
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	12.68	185	4,843	48		12.68
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009					2010
		History	Kuwait	Middle East	World	Rank		Kuwait
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.682	66	487	20		5.624
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.215	27	488	48		1.283
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	8,973	10,867	7,461	44		9,229
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Kuwait	Middle East	World	Rank		Kuwait
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	86.49	1,798	31,502	42		82.37