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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Sri Lanka	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Sri Lanka
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.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , -0.3496 , -0.4190 , -0.4005 , -0.3202 , -0.3030 , -0.4239 , -0.3689 , -0.2783 , -0.3871 , -0.3522 , -0.5641 , -0.5221 , -0.4059 , -0.3676 , -0.4409 , -0.4740 , -0.5264 , -0.5509 , -0.5083 , -0.5538 , -0.4242 , -0.6365 , -0.6044 , -0.6183 , -0.5435 , -0.5435 , -0.5435 (1980-2012)	0.00	8,936	87,329	135	0.00
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2012)	0.00	7,625	74,136	93	0.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	34.0000 , 34.0000 , 35.0000 , 36.0000 , 39.0000 , 32.8186 , 31.3328 , 36.1583 , 33.9762 , 31.2919 , 34.5151 , 34.2661 , 36.5267 , 41.4410 , 44.6576 , 47.8789 , 53.2246 , 60.1042 , 61.1965 , 66.0118 , 74.6005 , 73.3791 , 76.4079 , 78.2683 , 80.9909 , 87.1121 , 84.3853 , 87.2367 , 85.6071 , 86.9983 , 81.7156 , 90.0000 , 91.8774 (1980-2012)	90.00	28,246	88,254	76	91.88 ^F
Estimated Petroleum Net Exports	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	-34.0000 , -34.0000 , -35.0000 , -36.0000 , -39.0000 , -32.8186 , -31.6825 , -36.5773 , -34.3767 , -31.6122 , -34.8181 , -34.6900 , -36.8956 , -41.7194 , -45.0447 , -48.2311 , -53.7887 , -60.6263 , -61.6024 , -66.3793 , -75.0413 , -73.8531 , -76.9343 , -78.8193 , -81.4992 , -87.6659 , -84.8096 , -87.8732 , -86.2115 , -87.6167 , -82.2590 , -90.5435 , -92.4209 (1980-2012)	-90.54	-19,310	--	49	-92.42
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	38.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 47.5000 , 47.5000 , 47.5000 , 47.5000 , 47.5000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 47.5000 , 47.5000 , 47.5000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 , 50.0000 (1980-2012)	50	24,875	88,097	85	50
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2013)	0.00	42	NA	90	0.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Sri Lanka	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Sri Lanka
Production	Dry natural gas.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.00	16,939	111,954	89	0.00
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.00	20,602	113,321	109	0.00
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1990-2011)	0.00	-3,425	--	64	0.00
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2013)	0.00	505	NA	90	0.00
Coal (Million Short Tons)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Sri Lanka	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Sri Lanka
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 (1980-2011)	0.000	5,101	7,954	67	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	0.0022 , 0.0022 , 0.0364 , 0.0452 , 0.0628 , 0.0386 , 0.1609 , 0.1459 , 0.0051 , 0.0078 , 0.0023 , 0.0039 , 0.0030 , 0.0034 , 0.0044 , 0.0066 , 0.0033 , 0.0033 , 0.0033 , 0.0022 , 0.0022 , 0.0011 , 0.0298 , 0.1058 , 0.0287 , 0.1036 , 0.0783 , 0.0761 , 0.0805 , 0.1113 , 0.1202 , 0.1565 (1980-2011)	0.120	4,961	7,770	94	0.157
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	-2.2046 , -2.2046 , -36.3763 , -31.9670 , -60.6271 , -37.4786 , -134.4820 , -149.2530 , -0.6614 , -1.2125 , -1.1905 , -2.7558 , -1.8739 , -2.2708 , -3.3069 , -2.2046 , -3.3069 , -3.3069 , -3.3069 , -2.2046 , -2.2046 , -1.1023 , -29.7624 , -105.8219 , -28.6601 , -103.6173 , -78.2641 , -76.0595 , -80.4687 , -111.3334 , -120.1519 , -156.5282 (1980-2011)	-0.120	-3	--	65	-0.157
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Sri Lanka	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Sri Lanka
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	1.6410 , 1.8370 , 2.0490 , 2.0470 , 2.2290 , 2.4350 , 2.6240 , 2.6520 , 2.7600 , 2.8270 , 3.1190 , 3.3300 , 3.1710 , 3.9300 , 4.3270 , 4.7360 , 4.4200 , 5.0090 , 5.5380 , 6.0210 , 6.4530 , 6.5310 , 6.7980 , 7.4190 , 7.8890 , 8.9380 , 8.4240 , 9.5059 , 8.8955 , 9.4865 , 10.4024 (1980-2010)	9.49	7,073	19,071	91	10.40
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	1.3980 , 1.5000 , 1.6860 , 1.7440 , 1.8540 , 2.0440 , 2.2150 , 2.2300 , 2.3440 , 2.3360 , 2.5930 , 2.7180 , 2.5770 , 3.2230 , 3.5530 , 3.8700 , 3.6460 , 4.1090 , 4.4810 , 4.7460 , 4.9850 , 5.2500 , 5.4890 , 5.9750 , 6.5240 , 7.4340 , 6.8630 , 7.9449 , 7.4115 , 8.0455 , 8.9154 (1980-2010)	8.05	6,474	17,360	91	8.92
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	0.5220 , 0.5620 , 0.5920 , 0.8120 , 0.9490 , 1.0650 , 1.0710 , 1.2080 , 1.2380 , 1.2890 , 1.2890 , 1.4090 , 1.5830 , 1.5570 , 1.5570 , 1.5330 , 1.5760 , 1.7444 , 1.7504 , 1.7779 , 2.1084 , 2.2244 , 2.2314 , 2.2234 , 2.3100 , 2.4120 , 2.4450 , 2.4350 , 2.6460 , 2.6850 , 2.6850 (1980-2010)	2.69	1,761	4,843	88	2.69
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Sri Lanka	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Sri Lanka
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.	0.0152 , 0.0163 , 0.0166 , 0.0127 , 0.0216 , 0.0248 , 0.0273 , 0.0224 , 0.0265 , 0.0289 , 0.0324 , 0.0322 , 0.0297 , 0.0387 , 0.0418 , 0.0454 , 0.0333 , 0.0349 , 0.0395 , 0.0422 , 0.0324 , 0.0319 , 0.0273 , 0.0336 , 0.0295 , 0.0343 , 0.0384 , 0.0388 , 0.0405 , 0.0379 , 0.0546 (1980-2010)	.038	144	487	116	0.055
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.	0.0883 , 0.0893 , 0.0925 , 0.0906 , 0.1071 , 0.0959 , 0.0985 , 0.1033 , 0.0991 , 0.0955 , 0.1056 , 0.1053 , 0.1071 , 0.1189 , 0.1363 , 0.1466 , 0.1460 , 0.1614 , 0.1677 , 0.1799 , 0.1894 , 0.1864 , 0.1887 , 0.2006 , 0.1992 , 0.2195 , 0.2165 , 0.2223 , 0.2222 , 0.2240 , 0.2278 (1980-2010)	0.224	183	488	92	0.228
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	2443.5491 , 2337.4243 , 2302.6978 , 2147.5278 , 2418.3195 , 2061.7731 , 2031.1084 , 2099.2490 , 1962.5181 , 1848.6108 , 1926.1468 , 1835.3553 , 1790.8154 , 1858.1883 , 2016.9736 , 2056.3993 , 1974.8881 , 2052.9035 , 2037.6588 , 2094.1864 , 2079.6788 , 2079.5982 , 2024.6663 , 2031.5636 , 1913.5912 , 1984.2650 , 1817.5383 , 1748.0215 , 1648.4408 , 1605.4585 , 1511.5477 (1980-2010)	1,605	8,124	7,461	180	1,512
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			Previous Year				Latest Year
		History	Sri Lanka	Asia & Oceania	World	Rank	Sri Lanka
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	4.8786 , 4.8849 , 5.0672 , 5.1762 , 5.7255 , 4.8086 , 5.2201 , 5.9564 , 5.2273 , 4.7988 , 5.2607 , 5.2820 , 5.6337 , 6.3461 , 6.6768 , 7.1299 , 8.0279 , 8.9438 , 8.9908 , 9.7901 , 11.3287 , 11.0801 , 11.3489 , 11.7236 , 11.8458 , 12.8863 , 12.7437 , 13.0565 , 12.4421 , 12.8968 , 11.8392 , 13.0980 (1980-2011)	11.84	13,840	31,502	96	13.10

-- = Not applicable; NA = Not available; F = Forecast value
Sources: EIA. For more detailed data, see International Energy Statistics.

Data last updated: May 30, 2013

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