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Iran
(Last Updated: January 2010)
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Iran is OPEC's second largest oil producer and holds 10 percent of the world's proven oil reserves. It also has the world's second largest natural gas reserves (after Russia).
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Iraq
(Last Updated: June 2009)
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Iraq is a focal point for regional and oil security issues.
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Kuwait
(Last Updated: April 2009)
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Kuwait contains 104 billion barrels of proven oil reserves (including its share of the Neutral Zone), or roughly 8% of the world's total oil reserves.
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Oman
(Last Updated: August 2009)
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Oman is a significant non-OPEC oil exporter.
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Qatar
(Last Updated: December 2009)
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Qatar contains the third largest natural gas reserves and the largest non-associated gas field in the world. Qatar is largest exporter of liquefied natural gas in the world. An OPEC member, Qatar produced over 1.2 million barrels per day in 2008.
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Saudi Arabia
(Last Updated: November 2009)
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Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). With approximately one-fifth of the world's proven oil reserves and some of the lowest production costs, Saudi Arabia is expected to remain the world's largest net oil exporter in the near and long-term.
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Syria
(Last Updated: June 2009)
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Syria is the only significant oil producer in the Eastern Mediterranean region, although production has been in decline since the mid-1990s. Syria produces and consumes only modest quantities of energy, it occupies a strategic location in terms of regional security and prospective energy transit routes.
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United Arab Emirates
(Last Updated: November 2009)
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The UAE holds the fifth largest proven oil reserves in the Middle East and the fifth largest proven natural gas reserves in the world.
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