Nicaragua

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		History	Nicaragua	Central & South America	World	Rank	Nicaragua
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	0.00	7,857	87,329	133	0.00
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.00	6,689	74,136	93	0.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	32.00	6,915	87,605	105	33.00 ^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	-32.15	943	--	75	-33.15
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	20	6,582	88,097	100	20
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	0.00	237	1,474	90	0.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		History	Nicaragua	Central & South America	World	Rank	Nicaragua
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	5,517	111,954	89	0
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0	5,106	113,321	109	0
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	91	NA
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010				2011
		History	Nicaragua	Central & South America	World	Rank	Nicaragua
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	0.075	47	7,770	99	0.075
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	-0.075	46	--	70	-0.075
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
		History	Nicaragua	Central & South America	World	Rank	Nicaragua
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	3.15	1,044	19,071	126	3.35
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.44	878	17,360	131	2.43
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	1.10	253	4,843	122	1.20
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009				2010
		History	Nicaragua	Central & South America	World	Rank	Nicaragua
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	.009	29	487	136	0.012
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	0.070	25	488	130	0.072
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	6,291	5,882	7,461	80	6,207
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010				2011
		History	Nicaragua	Central & South America	World	Rank	Nicaragua
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	4.46	1,288	31,502	129	5.03