Argentina

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Argentina is a significant South American oil and natural gas producer, but in recent years its production has been in decline while energy demand has grown robustly.
Despite stagnant production and rising consumption, Argentina remains a net exporter of oil.
Argentina is the largest producer and consumer of natural gas in South America, and has a globally significant unconventional resource base.
Argentina is the second-largest consumer of electricity in South America, after Brazil.

Analysis Last Updated: July 24, 2012

Overview data for Argentina

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Argentina	Central & South America	World	Rank	Argentina
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	763.68	7,857	87,329	25	739.02
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	581.43	6,689	74,136	25	554.94
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	685.00	6,915	87,605	27	710.00 ^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	78.68	943	--	138	29.02
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	627	6,582	88,097	30	631
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	2.50	237	1,474	32	2.50
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Argentina	Central & South America	World	Rank	Argentina
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,416	5,517	111,954	22	1,369
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,529	5,106	113,321	20	1,629
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	-113	415	--	33	-260
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	14	267	6,637	31	13
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Argentina	Central & South America	World	Rank	Argentina
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.072	92	7,954	58	0.089
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	1.515	47	7,770	60	2.267
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	-1.421	46	--	36	-2.178
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Argentina	Central & South America	World	Rank	Argentina
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	116.26	1,044	19,071	29	119.30
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	104.44	878	17,360	29	111.08
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	32.07	253	4,843	26	32.87
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Argentina	Central & South America	World	Rank	Argentina
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	3.553	29	487	31	3.429
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	3.302	25	488	27	3.349
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	4,857	5,882	7,461	113	4,513
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	Argentina	Central & South America	World	Rank	Argentina
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	174.39	1,288	31,502	31	190.61