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  • Ecuador is the smallest oil producing member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
  • Ecuador is the fifth-largest South American oil producer and a leading source of crude oil imports for the U.S. West Coast.
  • Ecuador has relatively small proven natural gas reserves and a limited natural gas market.

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Analysis Last Updated: October 26, 2012

Overview data for Ecuador

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Previous Year
Latest Year
   
History
Ecuador
Central & South America
OPEC
World
Rank
 Ecuador
Total Oil Production 207.0000 , 214.0000 , 214.0000 , 240.0000 , 261.0000 , 284.0000 , 294.5507 , 175.3017 , 303.4600 , 280.5218 , 286.4783 , 300.6421 , 323.9407 , 348.6913 , 370.0085 , 395.8593 , 397.6614 , 389.3500 , 376.6890 , 374.0418 , 396.3114 , 412.5113 , 392.7186 , 411.3418 , 529.0058 , 532.7553 , 536.3799 , 511.4222 , 505.2688 , 485.7069 , 487.3080 , 500.6044 , 504.5084
(1980-2012)
500.60 7,857 35,179 87,329 30 504.51
Crude Oil Production 204.0000 , 211.0000 , 211.0000 , 237.0000 , 258.0000 , 281.0000 , 293.0000 , 174.0000 , 302.0000 , 279.0000 , 285.0000 , 299.0000 , 321.0000 , 343.6700 , 365.0004 , 392.0274 , 395.7900 , 388.2410 , 375.4820 , 372.6000 , 394.9208 , 412.1836 , 392.5290 , 411.0137 , 528.2447 , 531.9764 , 535.6798 , 511.0880 , 504.7276 , 485.6203 , 486.0870 , 499.5130 , 503.5921
(1980-2012)
499.51 6,689 31,784 74,136 28 503.59
Consumption 84.0000 , 88.0000 , 95.0000 , 85.0000 , 83.0000 , 86.0000 , 91.7747 , 90.1878 , 93.2149 , 90.1659 , 97.3189 , 103.9974 , 119.1466 , 111.8580 , 119.7648 , 123.3772 , 129.1726 , 134.8790 , 137.2348 , 128.3967 , 130.5381 , 139.9697 , 141.7282 , 146.0575 , 151.8956 , 159.4057 , 173.5380 , 181.1829 , 219.7811 , 208.1275 , 226.4216 , 216.0000 , 212.6569
(1980-2012)
216.00 6,502 7,999 88,254 51 212.66 F
Estimated Petroleum Net Exports 123.0000 , 126.0000 , 119.0000 , 155.0000 , 178.0000 , 198.0000 , 202.7761 , 85.1139 , 210.2452 , 190.3558 , 189.1594 , 196.6447 , 204.7941 , 236.8333 , 250.2437 , 272.4821 , 268.4889 , 254.4710 , 239.4542 , 245.6451 , 265.7733 , 272.5416 , 250.9903 , 265.2843 , 377.1102 , 373.3496 , 362.8420 , 330.2392 , 285.4877 , 277.5793 , 260.8864 , 284.6044 , 291.8515
(1980-2012)
284.60 1,355 27,180 -- 161 291.85
Refinery Capacity 86.0000 , 87.0000 , 90.0000 , 79.0000 , 84.0000 , 82.0000 , 88.0000 , 88.0000 , 122.0000 , 123.0000 , 145.0000 , 142.0000 , 141.8000 , 147.0000 , 148.0000 , 148.0000 , 148.0000 , 148.0000 , 168.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000 , 176.0000
(1980-2012)
176 6,582 8,987 88,097 67 176
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels) 1.1000 , 1.1000 , 0.8500 , 1.4000 , 1.6750 , 1.4000 , 1.6500 , 1.6723 , 1.6150 , 1.3500 , 1.5140 , 1.4200 , 1.5500 , 1.5998 , 2.0140 , 2.0140 , 2.1150 , 2.1150 , 2.1150 , 2.1150 , 2.1150 , 2.1150 , 2.1150 , 4.6296 , 4.6296 , 4.6296 , 4.6296 , 4.5170 , 4.5170 , 4.6600 , 6.5000 , 6.5100 , 7.2100 , 8.2400
(1980-2013)
7.21 239 1,113 NA 19 8.24
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)
Previous Year
Latest Year
   
History
Ecuador
Central & South America
World
Rank
 
 Ecuador
Production 3.0000 , 1.9400 , 2.0000 , 3.0000 , 4.0000 , 4.0000 , 3.0000 , 1.9000 , 2.8300 , 2.8200 , 4.0000 , 3.2262 , 3.5315 , 3.5300 , 3.5300 , 4.2400 , 4.2378 , 3.5315 , 3.5315 , 3.5315 , 4.9441 , 5.6504 , 3.5315 , 5.2973 , 6.0036 , 9.1819 , 9.8882 , 9.7116 , 9.1819 , 10.4532 , 11.6540 , 8.4756
(1980-2011)
11.65 5,517 111,954 72   8.48
Consumption 3.0000 , 2.0000 , 2.0000 , 3.0000 , 4.0000 , 4.0000 , 3.0000 , 1.9400 , 2.8252 , 2.8200 , 4.0000 , 3.2262 , 3.5315 , 3.5300 , 3.5300 , 4.2400 , 4.2378 , 3.5315 , 3.5315 , 3.5315 , 4.9441 , 5.6504 , 3.5315 , 5.2973 , 6.0036 , 9.1819 , 9.8882 , 9.7116 , 9.1819 , 10.4532 , 11.6540 , 8.4756
(1980-2011)
11.65 5,106 113,321 97   8.48
Net Export/Imports(-) 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)
0.00 415 -- 64   0.00
Proved Reserves
(Trillion Cubic Feet)		 4.0000 , 4.0000 , 4.3000 , 4.1000 , 3.5260 , 3.0000 , 4.0900 , 4.0500 , 4.0200 , 4.0200 , 3.9900 , 3.9500 , 3.8850 , 3.8990 , 3.8000 , 3.8000 , 3.8000 , 3.7000 , 3.7000 , 3.6700 , 3.6700 , 3.6700 , 3.6700 , 0.3450 , 0.3450 , 0.3450 , 0.3450 , 0.3150 , 0.2820 , 0.2820 , 0.2820 , 0.2470
(1980-2013)
0.28 270 NA 74   0.25
Coal (Million Short Tons)
Previous Year
Latest Year
   
History
Ecuador
Central & South America
World
Rank
 
 Ecuador
Production 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 92 7,954 67   0.000
Consumption 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0007 , 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 47 7,770 114   0.000
Net Export/Imports(-) 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , 0.0000 , -0.7308 , 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 46 -- 85   0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)
Previous Year
Latest Year
   
History
Ecuador
Central & South America
World
Rank
 
 Ecuador
Net Generation 3.1860 , 3.5350 , 3.9040 , 4.1170 , 4.1130 , 4.7060 , 5.1970 , 5.2570 , 5.5040 , 5.6360 , 6.2150 , 6.8070 , 7.0010 , 7.2500 , 8.0080 , 8.1810 , 9.0970 , 9.3890 , 9.8830 , 10.0480 , 10.3558 , 10.7403 , 11.5512 , 11.2117 , 13.0894 , 12.1619 , 14.4251 , 16.6011 , 18.4656 , 17.4287 , 17.0881
(1980-2010)
17.43 1,044 19,071 73   17.09
Net Consumption 2.7000 , 3.0100 , 3.1600 , 3.3380 , 3.2180 , 3.7520 , 4.0690 , 4.1760 , 4.2710 , 4.3220 , 4.7840 , 5.1630 , 5.4040 , 5.5100 , 6.0270 , 6.0770 , 6.9210 , 6.8520 , 7.3680 , 7.6390 , 7.8148 , 8.0473 , 8.2642 , 8.6097 , 10.4484 , 10.4509 , 12.3049 , 13.2896 , 15.5126 , 16.0867 , 14.6611
(1980-2010)
16.09 878 17,360 72   14.66
Installed Capacity (GWe) 1.1940 , 1.3350 , 1.8330 , 1.7780 , 1.7950 , 1.8020 , 1.9560 , 1.9660 , 1.9140 , 1.9030 , 1.6710 , 1.6840 , 2.2940 , 2.4464 , 2.5630 , 2.5500 , 2.7390 , 3.1260 , 3.4192 , 3.4806 , 3.3915 , 3.2507 , 3.4066 , 3.3016 , 3.3010 , 3.5774 , 4.0970 , 4.5890 , 4.2890 , 4.9390 , 5.2425
(1980-2010)
4.94 253 4,843 74   5.24
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)
Previous Year
Latest Year
   
History
Ecuador
Central & South America
World
Rank
 
 Ecuador
Production 0.4631 , 0.4748 , 0.4760 , 0.5428 , 0.6066 , 0.6615 , 0.6918 , 0.4325 , 0.7174 , 0.6671 , 0.6823 , 0.7130 , 0.7634 , 0.8209 , 0.8738 , 0.9194 , 0.9438 , 0.9236 , 0.8968 , 0.8975 , 0.9536 , 0.9846 , 0.9419 , 0.9813 , 1.2418 , 1.2460 , 1.2631 , 1.2298 , 1.2355 , 1.1702 , 1.1672
(1980-2010)
1.170 29 487 47   1.167
Consumption 0.1865 , 0.1931 , 0.2110 , 0.1973 , 0.2079 , 0.2206 , 0.2370 , 0.2338 , 0.2423 , 0.2372 , 0.2538 , 0.2681 , 0.2982 , 0.2543 , 0.3146 , 0.3081 , 0.3324 , 0.3429 , 0.3501 , 0.3359 , 0.3446 , 0.3609 , 0.3651 , 0.3761 , 0.3921 , 0.4071 , 0.4452 , 0.4733 , 0.5745 , 0.5329 , 0.5630
(1980-2010)
0.533 25 488 75   0.563
Energy Intensity
(Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)		 4353.4181 , 4336.9205 , 4686.1716 , 4508.3315 , 4560.0056 , 4637.2354 , 4832.9750 , 5070.3862 , 4754.5735 , 4642.5599 , 4821.7114 , 4849.7524 , 5208.5105 , 4354.0370 , 5162.8989 , 4940.7648 , 5226.3495 , 5214.5682 , 5303.3608 , 5429.5633 , 5419.1708 , 5417.4686 , 5300.0771 , 5286.6311 , 5064.6777 , 4972.2375 , 5191.5927 , 5409.0545 , 6121.4859 , 5657.3095 , 5770.1415
(1980-2010)
5,657 5,882 7,461 96   5,770
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)
Previous Year
Latest Year
   
History
Ecuador
Central & South America
World
Rank
 
 Ecuador
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels
 12.7843 , 13.4394 , 14.5781 , 12.9132 , 12.8062 , 13.5287 , 14.7793 , 13.5962 , 14.6461 , 13.9283 , 15.0875 , 15.8754 , 18.3928 , 16.6175 , 17.9994 , 19.2872 , 19.7337 , 20.1555 , 21.4527 , 19.5646 , 20.0808 , 21.5202 , 21.7254 , 22.4299 , 23.5288 , 24.6545 , 26.5512 , 26.5120 , 27.1163 , 30.4128 , 32.7011 , 29.1319
(1980-2011)
32.70 1,288 31,502 73   29.13

-- = 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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