{"id":973,"date":"2014-11-21T08:26:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T08:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=973"},"modified":"2014-11-21T08:26:41","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T08:26:41","slug":"worldwide-oil-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asadkarim.co.uk\/?p=973","title":{"rendered":"Worldwide Oil Reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1,687,300,000,000<\/strong> is the massive number that is the total number of barrels of oil that are in the ground. This number is\u00a0known as\u00a0the proven reserves of oil.<\/p>\n<p>The 12 nations that make up OPEC have the lion&#8217;s shares of this.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12,200,000,000<br \/>\nAngola\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12,700,000,000<br \/>\nEcuador\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8,400,000,000<br \/>\nIran\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 157,000,000,000<br \/>\nIraq\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 150,000,000,000<br \/>\nKuwait\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 101,500,000,000<br \/>\nLibya\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48,500,000,000<br \/>\nNigeria\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37,100,000,000<br \/>\nQatar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25,200,000,000<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 265,900,000,000<br \/>\nUAE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 97,800,000,000<br \/>\nVenezuela\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 297,600,000,000<\/p>\n<p>Total:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,213,900,000,000<\/p>\n<p>So <strong>OPEC&#8217;s 1,213,900,000,000<\/strong> out of the total of 1,687,300,000,000:<br \/>\n1,213,900,000,000 \/ 1,687,300,000,000 = <strong>71%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus OPEC &#8220;own&#8221; 71% of the world&#8217;s oil reserves. That is the real <strong>big oil<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1,687,300,000,000 is the massive number that is the total number of barrels of oil that are in the ground. This number is\u00a0known as\u00a0the proven reserves of oil. The 12 nations that make up OPEC have the lion&#8217;s shares of this. 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