| Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources: |
Ali bin Ibrahim al-Naimi (since 8/95) |
| Minister of Water and Electricity |
Abdallah al-Husayn (since 4/04) |
| Proven Oil Reserves (January 1, 2008E) |
269.25 billion barrels (includes half of Divided/"Neutral" Zone) |
| Total Petroleum Production – including the Neutral Zone (2007E) |
10.2 million barrels per day (bbl/d), of which 9.7 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) |
| OPEC Crude Oil Production Quota (effective 7/01/2005) |
9.099 million bbl/d. OPEC has since assigned Saudi Arabia production (but not quota) cuts of 380,00 bbl/d (effective November 1, 2006) and 158,000 bbl/d (effective February 1, 2007). |
| Crude Oil Production Capacity (12/06 E) |
10.5-11.0 million bbl/d |
| Oil Consumption (2007E) |
2.3 million bbl/d |
| Spare Capacity (12/06E) |
1.5-2.0 million bbl/d |
| Domestic Crude Oil Refining Capacity (January 1, 2008E) |
2.1 million bbl/d |
| Net Oil Exports (2003E), (2004E), (2005E), (2006E), (2007E) |
7.7 million bbl/d, 8.1 million bbl/d, 8.6 million bbl/d, 8.9 million bbl/d, 7.9 million bbl/d |
| Major Oil Importers (2007E, approximate net exports) |
United States (1.5 million bbl/d); OECD Europe 963,000 bbl/d); Japan (1.3 million bbl/d – OPEC says differently ); South Korea (835,000 bbl/d); India (around 350,000-400,000 bbl/d); China (over 520,000 bbl/d) –; Taiwan (over 200,000 bbl/d) |
| Proven Natural Gas Reserves (January 1, 2008E) |
253 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) (includes half of NZ) |
| Natural Gas Production/Consumption (2006E) |
2.59 Tcf |
| Electricity Installed Capacity (2004E) |
30.45 Gigawatts (all thermal) |
| Electricity Generation (2005E) |
165.55 billion kilowatt-hours (Bkwh) |
| Electricity Consumption (2005E) |
146.95 billion kilowatt-hours (Bkwh) |
| Total Energy Production (2005E) |
25.5 quadrillion Btu* (5.5% of world total energy production). |
| Total Energy Consumption (2005E) |
6.7 quadrillion Btu* (1.4% of world total energy consumption) |
| Energy Intensity (2005E) |
17,979 Btu/$ -- PPP (vs U.S. value of 9,113 Btu/$)** |
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| Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2005E) |
412.35 million metric tons (1.5% of world carbon dioxide emissions) |
| Per-Capita, Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions (2005E) |
15.61 metric tons (vs. U.S. value of 20.14 metric tons of carbon dioxide) |
| Carbon Dioxide Intensity (2005E) |
1.11 metric tons/thousand $ -- PPP (vs U.S. value of 0.54 metric tons/thousand $)** |
| Environmental Issues |
Desertification; depletion of underground water resources; the lack of perennial rivers or permanent water bodies has prompted the development of extensive seawater desalination facilities; coastal pollution from oil spills. |
| Major Environmental Agreements |
A Non-Annex I country, party to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified December 28th, 1994), Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea and Ozone Layer Protection. Ratified the Kyoto Protocol on December 21, 2004. |
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| Organization |
The Supreme Council governs the nationalized oil industry, including Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) crude production and some natural gas production, refining/processing and marketing; Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) for petrochemicals |
| 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, Abu Saafa, Berri, Ghawar, Khursaniya, Najd, Qatif, Safaniya, Shaybah, Zuluf (in addition, Khurais and Manifa are partially developed and are 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, 2007E) |
Aramco - Rabigh 400,000 bbl/d, Ras Tanura 550,000 bbl/d, Yanbu 235,000 bbl/d, Riyadh, 120,000 bbl/d, Jeddah 85,000 bbl/d; Saudi Aramco/Mobil - Yanbu 400,000 bbl/d; Petromin/Shell - al-Jubail 305,000 bbl/d; Mina Saud (Mothballed), Arabian Oil Company (Japan) - Ras al-Khafji (30,000 bbl/d – mothballed in 2005) |
| Major Gas Processing Facilities (capacity, 2006E) |
Haradh (1.5 Bcfd), Hawiya ( 1.4 Bcfd.), Uthmaniya (2.5 Bcfd), Shedgum (2.4 Bcfd), Berri, Juaymah, Yanbu (all condensates, NGLs) |
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* The total energy consumption statistic includes petroleum, dry natural gas, coal, net hydro, nuclear, geothermal, solar, wind, wood and waste electric power. The renewable energy consumption statistic is based on International Energy Agency (IEA) data and includes hydropower, solar, wind, tide, geothermal, solid biomass and animal products, biomass gas and liquids, industrial and municipal wastes. Sectoral shares of energy consumption and carbon emissions are also based on IEA data.
**GDP figures from OECD estimates based on purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.
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