United Arab Emirates

Country Analysis Brief Overview

The United Arab Emirates has the seventh-largest proved reserves of both crude oil and natural gas.
Enhanced oil recovery techniques continued to underpin strong crude oil production totals in 2011, when the UAE produced 2.69 million barrels per day, and are an important strategy for extending the life of the country's aging oil fields.
Rapid growth in domestic energy demand over the past few years has caused the UAE to become a net-importer of natural gas.
Alternatives to hydrocarbon-based electricity generation are making gains in the UAE, including the use of nuclear and renewable energy technologies.

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Analysis Last Updated: January 3, 2013

Overview data for United Arab Emirates

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	OPEC	World	Rank	United Arab Emirates
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	3,088.26	26,874	35,179	87,329	7	3,213.19
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,679.18	24,026	31,784	74,136	7	2,803.61
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	487.00	7,905	9,112	87,605	32	510.00 ^FFF
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	2,601.26	18,969	26,067	--	165	2,703.19
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	773	7,245	8,987	88,097	24	773
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	97.80	753	1,065	1,474	8	97.80
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	World	Rank		United Arab Emirates
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,811	15,937	111,954	17		1,847
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,138	13,277	113,321	13		2,663
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	-327	3,806	--	20		-433
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	214	2,658	6,637	7		228
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	World	Rank		United Arab Emirates
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	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	World	Rank		United Arab Emirates
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	85.15	763	19,071	33		91.88
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	78.53	656	17,360	33		85.17
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	23.25	185	4,843	32		23.25
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009					2010
		History	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	World	Rank		United Arab Emirates
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	7.519	66	487	13		7.641
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	3.371	27	488	26		3.536
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	16,111	10,867	7,461	14		16,659
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	World	Rank		United Arab Emirates
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	214.41	1,798	31,502	27		245.38