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  • Despite enormous oil reserves Iraq’s oil sector is constrained by the lack of investment resulting from years of sanctions and wars.
  • Iraq may be one of the few places left where vast oil reserves have barely been exploited.
  • Iraq’s natural gas sector is believed to contain significant untapped resources which the Government of Iraq would like to develop for domestic consumption and export.
  • Rehabilitation of the electricity sector is a major component of the Iraq reconstruction efforts.

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)
2008
2009
   
30 Year History
Iraq
Middle East
OPEC
World
Rank
Iraq
Total Oil Production 2,385.58 25,841 35,482 85,319 13 2,400.34
Crude Oil Production 2,375.27 23,338 32,363 73,575 11 2,390.59
Consumption 584.99 6,547 7,394 85,436 28 636.00 F
Net Export/Imports(-) 1,800.59 19,294 28,088 -- 209 1,764.34
Total Oil Exports to U.S. 627 2,400 NA 12,915 6 450
Refinery Capacity 598 7,036 8,829 85,460 31 598
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels) 115.00 748 928 1,330 4 115.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)
2009
2010
   
29 Year History
Iraq
Middle East
World
Rank
 
Iraq
Production 41 14,703 104,787 61   46
Consumption 41 12,501 105,225 86   46
Net Export/Imports(-) 0 2,202 -- 61   NA
Proved Reserves
(Trillion Cubic Feet)
112 2,592 6,289 10   112
Coal (Million Short Tons)
2009
2010
   
Iraq
Middle East
World
Rank
 
Iraq
Production 0.000 1 7,546 69   0.000
Consumption 0.000 16 7,318 116   0.000
Net Export/Imports(-) 0.000 -15 -- 87   0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)
2008
2009
   
Iraq
Middle East
World
Rank
 
Iraq
Net Generation 31.85 731 19,104 63   40.78
Net Consumption 32.29 635 17,420 55   43.51
Installed Capacity (GWe) 8.36 168 4,635 57   9.23
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)
2008
2009
   
Iraq
Middle East
World
Rank
 
Iraq
Production 5.156 68 489 21   5.146
Consumption 1.314 26 491 47   1.412
Energy Intensity
(Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)
6,013 10,820 7,457 95   6,203
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)
2008
2009
   
Iraq
Middle East
World
Rank
 
Iraq
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels 104.54 1,634 30,400 38   108.42

-- = Not applicable; NA = Not available; F = Forecast value
Sources: EIA, International Energy Statistics

Last Update: June 30, 2010 (All Fuels) | July 14, 2010 (Petroleum)
Next Update: August 1, 2010 (All Fuels)
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