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Saudi Arabia
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Energy Overview
Proven Oil Reserves (January 1, 2009E) 264 billion barrels (includes half of Divided/"Neutral" Zone)
Total Petroleum Production – including the Neutral Zone (2008E) 10.8 million barrels per day (bbl/d), of which 9.3 million bbl/d was crude oil, 1.4 million bbl/d was natural gas liquids (NGLs), and 80,000 bbl/d was "other liquids" (including MTBE)
Oil Consumption (2008E) 2.4 million bbl/d
Domestic Crude Oil Refining Capacity (January 1, 2009E) 2.1 million bbl/d
Proven Natural Gas Reserves (January 1, 2009E) 258 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) (includes half of NZ)
Natural Gas Production/Consumption (2007E) 2.7 Tcf
Electricity Installed Capacity (2007E) 36.9 Gigawatts (all thermal)
Electricity Generation (2007E) 179 billion kilowatt-hours (Bkwh); 2008 182 Bkwh
Electricity Consumption (2007E) 165 billion kilowatt-hours (Bkwh)
Total Energy Production (2007E) 23.8 quadrillion Btu*
Total Energy Consumption (2007E) 7.4 quadrillion Btu*
Energy Intensity (2007E) 21,655 Btu/$ 2005 PPP**
Environmental Overview
Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2007E) 433.9 million metric tons
Per-Capita, Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2007E) 15.7 metric tons
Carbon Dioxide Intensity (2007E) 1.3 metric tons/thousand $2005PPP
Oil and Gas Industry
Major Oil/Gas Terminals Ras Tanura Facility (over 6 million bbl/d) Ras Tanura Port (2.5 million bbl/d ), Ras al-Ju'aymah (3-3.6 million bbl/d capacity), Yanbu (over 6 million bbl/d capacity – of which 4.5 million bbl/d crude, remainder products/LPG), Jubail, Jiddah, Jizan Ras al-Khafji, Rabigh, Zuluf
Major Oil Fields Abqaiq, Ghawar, Khursaniya, Qatif, Safaniya, Shaybah, Zuluf (in addition, Khurais is partially developed and being brought back online)
Major Pipelines (capacity – million bbl/d) Domestic: Abqaiq-Yanbu Petroline (5.0), Abqaiq-Yanbu NGL line (0.3); International: Saudi Arabia-Bahrain (estimated 0.7) , Saudi Arabia-Iraq or IPS (1.6 -- closed since August 1990), TransArabia Tapline (0.5 -- closed since 1984), New Arabia: under construction, will replace pipeline to Bahrain
Major Refineries (capacity January 1, 2009E) Saudi Aramco - Ras Tanura 550,000 bbl/d; Saudi Aramco - Rabigh 400,000 bbl/d; Saudi Aramco - Yanbu 235,000 bbl/d; Saudi Aramco - Riyadh, 120,000 bbl/d; Saudi Aramco - Jeddah 85,000 bbl/d; Saudi Aramco/Mobil - Yanbu 400,000 bbl/d; Saudi Aramco/Shell - al-Jubail 290,000 bbl/d; Mina Saud (Mothballed), Arabian Oil Company (Japan) - Ras al-Khafji (30,000 bbl/d – mothballed in 2005)
* The total energy consumption statistic includes petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, net hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar, wind, wood and waste electric power.
**GDP figures from Global Insight estimates based on purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.

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November 2009
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