Mauritania Oil

Oil Reserves in Mauritania

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Mauritania holds 20,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #83 in the world and accounting for about 0.0012% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Mauritania has proven reserves equivalent to 3.2 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without net exports, there would be about 3 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Oil Reserves in Mauritania

Oil Consumption in Mauritania

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• Mauritania consumes 17,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.
• Mauritania ranks #147 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.018% of the world's total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.
• Mauritania consumes 0.17 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 4,086,657 people), or 64 gallons per capita per year (2 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Mauritania

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• Mauritania produces 4,836 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #97 in the world.
• Mauritania produces every year an amount equivalent to 8.83% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

• Mauritania exports 129% of its oil production (6,251 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production