ECCJ Japan Energy Conservation Handbook 2001 1.1 Energy resource reserves (1999)

1.1 Energy resource reserves (1999)

		Oil	Natural gas	Coal	Uranium
Proved recoverable reserves (R)		1,033.8 billion barrels	146 trillion m³	984.2 billion tons	3.95 million tons
Allocation by regions	North America	6.2%	5.0%	26.1%	17.8%
	Central and South America	8.6%	4.3%	2.2%	6.3%
	Europe	2.0%	3.5%	12.4%	2.8%
	Former USSR	6.3%	38.7%	23.4%	0.0%
	Middle East	65.4%	33.8%	0.0%	23.0%
	Africa	7.2%	7.7%	6.2%	18.7%
	Asia / Pacific	4.3%	7.0%	29.7%	31.4%
Annual production (P)		26.2 billion barrels (71.9 million barrels per day)	2.3 trillion m³	4.28 billion tons	35,000 tons
Recoverable years (R/P)		41.0 years	61.9 years	230 years	64.2 years ^{Note 1)}
Source		BP statistics (year 2000)			OECD/NEA, IAEA URANIUM (year 1999)

Note 1) As to uranium, the annual production is below the annual demand (62,000 tons), because of stock on hand. Therefore, the recoverable years of uranium is the value of proven recoverable reserves divided by the annual demand.

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