	Energy Information Administration

	Table Posted: January 9, 2007
	Next Update: When updated proved reserve estimates become available.

	Table Notes and Sources

	(Important Note on Sources of Foreign Reserve Estimates)

	World Proved¹ Reserves of Oil and Natural Gas, Most Recent Estimates


			Oil	Oil	Oil	Natural Gas	Natural Gas	Natural Gas	Natural Gas
			(Billion Barrels)	(Billion Barrels)	(Billion Barrels)	(Trillion Cubic Feet)	(Trillion Cubic Feet)	(Trillion Cubic Feet)	(Trillion Cubic Feet)
	Country/Region		BP Statistical Review²	Oil & Gas Journal³	World Oil⁴	BP Statistical Review²	CEDIGAZ⁵	Oil & Gas Journal³	World Oil⁴
Region		Fipscd	Year-End 2005	January 1, 2007	Year-End 2005	Year-End 2005	January 1, 2006	January 1, 2007	Year-End 2005

North America	Bermuda	BD	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
North America	Canada (See footnotes 2-4.)	CA	16.500	179.210	12.025	55.951	55.974	57.946	53.700
North America	Greenland	GL	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
North America	Mexico	MX	13.670	12.352	12.353	14.544	14.550	14.557	19.957
North America	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	SB	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
North America	United States (See footnotes 2-5.)	US	29.922	21.757	21.757	204.385	204.385	204.385	204.385
	North America	r1	60.092	213.319	46.135	274.879	274.909	276.888	278.042

Central & South America	Antarctica	AY	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Antigua and Barbuda	AC	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Argentina	AR	2.300	2.468	2.430	17.806	16.104	16.090	21.360
Central & South America	Aruba	AA	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Bahamas, The	BF	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Barbados	BB	Not Separately Reported	0.003	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0	0.006	Not Separately Reported
Central & South America	Belize	BH	0	0.007	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Bolivia	BL	Not Separately Reported	0.440	0.456	26.122	26.133	24.000	26.700
Central & South America	Brazil	BR	11.772	11.773	11.925	10.943	10.806	10.820	11.860
Central & South America	Cayman Islands	CJ	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Chile	CI	Not Separately Reported	0.150	0.009	Not Separately Reported	1.519	3.460	0.925
Central & South America	Colombia	CO	1.453	1.453	1.453	3.989	3.991	3.996	6.711	up
Central & South America	Costa Rica	CS	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Cuba	CU	Not Separately Reported	0.124	0.558	Not Separately Reported	0.600	2.500	0.559
Central & South America	Dominica	DO	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Dominican Republic	DR	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Ecuador	EC	5.060	4.517	5.145	Not Separately Reported	3.178	0.000	0.350
Central & South America	El Salvador	ES	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Falkland Islands	FK	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	French Guiana	FG	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Grenada	GJ	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Guadeloupe	GP	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Guatemala	GT	Not Separately Reported	0.083	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0	0.000	Not Separately Reported
Central & South America	Guyana	GY	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Haiti	HA	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Honduras	HO	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Jamaica	JM	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Martinique	MB	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Montserrat	MH	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Netherlands Antilles	NT	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Nicaragua	NU	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Panama	PM	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Paraguay	PA	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Peru	PE	1.097	0.930	1.016	11.473	11.477	8.723	8.735
Central & South America	Puerto Rico	RQ	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Saint Kitts and Nevis	SC	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Saint Lucia	ST	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Saint Vincent/Grenadines	VC	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Suriname	NS	Not Separately Reported	0.111	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0	0.000	Not Separately Reported
Central & South America	Trinidad and Tobago	TD	0.809	0.728	0.615	19.239	19.247	18.770	18.770
Central & South America	Turks and Caicos Islands	TK	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Uruguay	UY	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Venezuela	VE	79.729	80.012	52.650	152.320	152.384	152.380	150.890
Central & South America	Virgin Islands, U.S.	VQ	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Central & South America	Virgin Islands, British	VI	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
	Other-Country Not Specified		1.282	Not Applicable	0.240	5.895	0	Not Applicable	0.006
	Central & South America	r2	103.502	102.798	76.497	247.786	245.439	240.745	246.866

Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Albania	AL	Not Separately Reported	0.198	0.195	Not Separately Reported	0.071	0.030	0.173
Western Europe	Austria	AU	Not Separately Reported	0.050	0.074	Not Separately Reported	0.742	0.570	0.848
Western Europe	Belgium	BE	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BK	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Bulgaria	BU	Not Separately Reported	0.015	0.002	Not Separately Reported	0.141	0.200	0.074
Western Europe	Croatia	HR	Not Separately Reported	0.074	0.063	Not Separately Reported	0.954	1.052	1.052
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Czech Republic	EZ	Not Separately Reported	0.015	0.022	Not Separately Reported	0.106	0.140	0.141
Western Europe	Denmark	DA	1.275	1.277	1.277	2.400	4.308	2.542	2.542
Western Europe	Faroe Islands	FO	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Finland	FI	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Former Czechoslovakia	CZ	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Western Europe	Former Yugoslavia	YO	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Western Europe	France	FR	Not Separately Reported	0.122	0.123	Not Separately Reported	0.247	0.341	0.342
Western Europe	Germany	GM	Not Separately Reported	0.367	0.199	6.601	6.604	9.000	6.604
Western Europe	Germany, East	GC	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	0	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Western Europe	Germany, West	GE	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	0	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Western Europe	Gibraltar	GI	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Greece	GR	Not Separately Reported	0.005	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0.035	0.035	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Hungary	HU	Not Separately Reported	0.020	0.127	Not Separately Reported	0.812	0.286	2.260
Western Europe	Iceland	IC	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Ireland	EI	Not Separately Reported	0.000	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	1.201	0.350	Not Separately Reported
Western Europe	Italy	IT	0.731	0.600	0.768	5.930	4.132	5.800	6.004
Western Europe	Luxembourg	LU	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Macedonia	MK	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Malta	MT	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Netherlands	NL	Not Separately Reported	0.100	0.226	49.597	48.982	50.000	50.500
Western Europe	Norway	NO	9.691	7.849	8.033	84.897	109.759	82.320	83.272
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Poland	PL	Not Separately Reported	0.096	0.276	3.848	3.849	5.820	5.132
Western Europe	Portugal	PO	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Romania	RO	0.468	0.600	0.448	22.168	22.178	2.225	4.476
Western Europe	Serbia and Montenegro	YR	Not Separately Reported	0.078	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	1.413	1.700	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Slovakia	LO	Not Separately Reported	0.009	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0.494	0.500	Not Separately Reported
Western Europe	Slovenia	SI	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Spain	SP	Not Separately Reported	0.150	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0	0.090	Not Separately Reported
Western Europe	Sweden	SW	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Switzerland	SZ	0	0.000	0	0	0	0.000	0
Western Europe	Turkey	TU	Not Separately Reported	0.300	0.281	Not Separately Reported	0.141	0.300	0.247
Western Europe	United Kingdom	UK	3.998	3.875	3.750	18.744	28.252	17.000	17.820
	Other-Country Not Specified		1.482	Not Applicable	0.115	6.356	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	1.275
	Europe	r3	17.646	15.800	15.980	200.541	234.421	180.301	182.761

Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Armenia	AM	0	0.000	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	6.215	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Azerbaijan	AJ	7.000	7.000	Not Separately Reported	48.361	48.382	30.000	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Belarus	BO	Not Separately Reported	0.198	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0.100	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Estonia	EN	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Former U.S.S.R.	UR	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Georgia	GG	Not Separately Reported	0.035	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0.300	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Kazakhstan	KZ	39.620	30.000	Not Separately Reported	105.900	67.099	100.000	Not Separately Reported
Eastern Europe & Former U.S.S.R.	Kyrgyzstan	KG	Not Separately Reported	0.040	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	Not Separately Reported	0.200	Not Separately Reported