Libya

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Libya is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the holder of Africa’s largest proven oil reserves, and an important exporter of oil and natural gas. Libya’s oil production has begun to resurge since the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime.
Libya’s oil production was disrupted for much of 2011 due to conflict, but began to recover relatively rapidly following the cessation of most hostilities by the autumn of that year.
Libyan natural gas production and exports increased considerably after 2003, with the development of offshore fields and opening of the Greenstream pipeline to Europe, but were temporarily disrupted by the civil unrest of 2011.

Analysis Last Updated: June 2012

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Libya	Africa	OPEC	World	Rank	Libya
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	501.47	9,367	35,179	87,329	29	1,483.04
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	465.40	8,571	31,784	74,136	29	1,366.80
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	314.00	3,505	9,112	87,605	43	329.00 ^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	187.47	5,862	26,067	--	144	1,154.04
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	378	3,220	8,987	88,097	43	378
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	46.42	124	1,065	1,474	10	47.10
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Libya	Africa	World	Rank		Libya
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	594	7,373	111,954	30		277
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	242	3,558	113,321	52		148
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	352	3,813	--	77		129
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	54	495	6,637	22		55
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Libya	Africa	World	Rank		Libya
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	286	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	223	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	64	--	85		0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Libya	Africa	World	Rank		Libya
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	28.60	594	19,071	63		29.72
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	24.29	530	17,360	65		25.24
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	6.77	130	4,843	66		6.77
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009					2010
		History	Libya	Africa	World	Rank		Libya
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	4.273	36	487	25		4.306
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	0.779	16	488	64		0.840
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	8,598	5,405	7,461	47		8,926
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Libya	Africa	World	Rank		Libya
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	61.69	1,155	31,502	54		49.67