Tuesday, July 5, 2016

US Now Has More Oil Reserves Than Saudi Arabia Or Russia

A view of a drilling rig and distant production platform in the Soldado Field off Trinidad's southwest coast, September 10, 2011. REUTERS/ANDREA DE SILVA

New York Times: US oil reserves surpass those of Saudi Arabia and Russia

Rystad Energy estimates US has 264bn barrels of recoverable oil

The US holds more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and Russia, the first time it has surpassed those held by the world’s biggest exporting nations, according to a new study.

Rystad Energy estimates recoverable oil in the US from existing fields, discoveries and yet undiscovered areas amounts to 264bn barrels. The figure surpasses Saudi Arabia’s 212bn and Russia’s 256bn in reserves.

The analysis of 60,000 fields worldwide, conducted over a three-year period by the Oslo-based group, shows total global oil reserves at 2.1tn barrels. This is 70 times the current production rate of about 30bn barrels of crude oil a year, Rystad Energy said on Monday.

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WNU Editor: Fracking technology and the development of alternative technologies has revolutionised the oil industry .... and it has definitely minimised the influence of countries like Russia and Saudi Arabia and organisations like OPEC.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

What oil reserves?

If Killary (of Ben Ghazi Malfeasance) Klinton follows Obama's example ...

B.Poster said...

"What oil reserves?" If we can't get to them because we are shadow boxing with the myth of "climate change", it is of no benefit.

If we could capitalize on this, could America become the richest, most powerful, and most influential counrty on earth? At the very least, we could have some leverage.