Qatar

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Qatar holds the world's third largest natural gas reserves and is the single largest supplier of liquefied natural gas. Qatar is also a member of OPEC and is a significant net exporter of oil.
Qatar's proven reserves of oil were the 13th largest in the world at the end of 2012 and the country remains an important supplier of oil to world oil markets.
Qatar has the largest non-associated natural gas field in the world and is the world's largest liquefied natural gas exporter.
Qatar is the world's leading LNG exporter.
Qatar's Oryx GTL project is in operation and the Pearl GTL project is expected to begin operations in 2011.

Analysis Last Updated: January 30, 2013

Overview data for Qatar

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Qatar	Middle East	OPEC	World	Rank	Qatar
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	1,641.18	26,874	35,179	87,329	17	1,579.18
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,295.92	24,026	31,784	74,136	18	1,215.57
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	183.00	7,905	9,112	87,605	59	206.00 ^FFF
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	1,458.18	18,969	26,067	--	156	1,373.18
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	339	7,245	8,987	88,097	45	339
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	25.38	753	1,065	1,474	13	25.38
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Qatar	Middle East	World	Rank		Qatar
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3,402	15,937	111,954	6		4,705
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	770	13,277	113,321	33		690
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	3,779	3,806	--	91		4,015
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	899	2,658	6,637	3		896
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Qatar	Middle East	World	Rank		Qatar
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	1	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	16	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	-15	--	85		0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Qatar	Middle East	World	Rank		Qatar
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	19.08	763	19,071	70		22.28
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	17.33	656	17,360	69		20.51
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	4.89	185	4,843	75		4.89
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009					2010
		History	Qatar	Middle East	World	Rank		Qatar
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	5.821	66	487	18		6.552
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	1.087	27	488	52		1.105
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	9,141	10,867	7,461	41		7,983
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Qatar	Middle East	World	Rank		Qatar
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	68.24	1,798	31,502	49		64.46