Norway

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Norway is Europe's largest oil producer, the world's second largest natural gas exporter, and is an important supplier of both oil and natural gas to other European countries.
Norway is the largest oil producer and exporter in Western Europe.
Norway is the second largest exporter of natural gas after Russia, and ranks fourth in world natural gas production.

Analysis Last Updated: January 25, 2012

Overview data for Norway

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Norway	Europe	OECD	World	Rank	Norway
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	2,007.35	4,269	21,620	87,329	14	1,902.08
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,752.24	3,424	14,908	74,136	15	1,606.64
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	255.17	15,083	46,501	87,605	52	256.48
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	1,752.18	-10,814	-24,882	--	160	1,645.61
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	319	16,787	45,873	88,097	47	319
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	5.67	12	224	1,474	23	5.32
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Norway	Europe	World	Rank		Norway
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3,756	10,836	111,954	5		3,582
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	194	20,378	113,321	54		146
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	3,562	-9,308	--	90		3,436
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	82	166	6,637	17		72
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Norway	Europe	World	Rank		Norway
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.133	737	7,954	43		1.528
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	1.370	966	7,770	62		1.364
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	0.590	-218	--	92		0.373
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Norway	Europe	World	Rank		Norway
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	129.07	3,454	19,071	27		122.31
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	112.51	3,219	17,360	27		120.90
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	30.94	940	4,843	27		30.18
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2010					2011
		History	Norway	Europe	World	Rank		Norway
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	9.446	45	509	11		9.015
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	1.868	84	511	37		1.868
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	8,156	5,486	7,452	47		8,076
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Norway	Europe	World	Rank		Norway
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	45.10	4,375	31,502	66		45.87