‹ Analysis & Projections
International Energy Outlook 2011
Release Date: September 19, 2011 | Report Number: DOE/EIA-0484(2011)
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| Table 10. World recoverable coal reserves as of January 1, 2009 (billion short tons) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region/Country | Recoverable reserves by coal rank | |||||
| Bituminous and anthracite |
Subbituminous | Lignite | Total | 2008 production |
Reserves-to- production ratio (years) |
|
| World total | 445.7 | 287.0 | 215.3 | 948.0 | 7.5 | 126.3 |
| United Statesa | 119.2 | 108.2 | 33.2 | 260.6 | 1.2 | 222.3 |
| Russia | 54.1 | 107.4 | 11.5 | 173.1 | 0.3 | 514.9 |
| China | 68.6 | 37.1 | 20.5 | 126.2 | 3.1 | 40.9 |
| Other non-OECD Europe and Eurasia | 42.2 | 19.1 | 40.1 | 101.4 | 0.3 | 291.9 |
| Australia and New Zealand | 40.9 | 2.5 | 41.4 | 84.8 | 0.4 | 191.1 |
| India | 61.8 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 66.8 | 0.6 | 117.5 |
| OECD Europe | 6.2 | 0.8 | 54.3 | 61.3 | 0.7 | 94.2 |
| Africa | 34.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 34.9 | 0.3 | 123.3 |
| Other non-OECD Asia | 3.9 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 14.7 | 0.4 | 34.4 |
| Other Central and South America | 7.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 95.8 |
| Canada | 3.8 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 97.2 |
| Brazil | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 689.5 |
| Otherb | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 184.5 |
| aData for the U.S. represent recoverable coal estimates as of January 1, 2010. bIncludes Mexico, Middle East, Japan and South Korea.Sources: World Energy Council and EIA. Sources: United States: EIA, unpublished data from Coal Reserves Database (February 2011). All Other Countries: World Energy Council, Survey of Energy Resources 2010 (London, UK, November 2010). Production: EIA, International Energy Statistics Database (as of March 2011), website www.eia.gov/ies. |
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