Ecuador

Country Analysis Brief Overview

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.

Analysis Last Updated: October 26, 2012

Overview data for Ecuador

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Ecuador	Central & South America	OPEC	World	Rank	Ecuador
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	500.60	7,857	35,179	87,329	30	504.51
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	499.51	6,689	31,784	74,136	28	503.59
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	201.00	6,915	9,112	87,605	55	209.00 ^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	299.60	943	26,067	--	148	295.51
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	176	6,582	8,987	88,097	67	176
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	6.51	237	1,065	1,474	21	7.21
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Ecuador	Central & South America	World	Rank		Ecuador
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	12	5,517	111,954	72		8
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	12	5,106	113,321	97		8
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	0	415	--	64		NA
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	NA	267	6,637	76		NA
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Ecuador	Central & South America	World	Rank		Ecuador
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	92	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	47	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	46	--	85		0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Ecuador	Central & South America	World	Rank		Ecuador
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	17.43	1,044	19,071	73		17.09
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	16.09	878	17,360	72		14.66
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	4.94	253	4,843	74		5.24
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009					2010
		History	Ecuador	Central & South America	World	Rank		Ecuador
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	1.170	29	487	47		1.167
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	0.533	25	488	75		0.563
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	5,657	5,882	7,461	97		5,770
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Ecuador	Central & South America	World	Rank		Ecuador
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	32.70	1,288	31,502	73		29.13