Crude oil and natural gas liquid production

• Published date: 01 January 2020
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.12753
• Date: 01 January 2020

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Crude oil and natural gas liquid production

Provisional estimates for OPEC crude oil production in

November 2019 totaled 31.1 mn bpd. For the 12 members

of OPEC, natural gas liquids (NGL) production for

November was 5.0 mn bpd, bringing total combined pro-

duction of crude oil and NGL to 36.1 mn bpd, down

2.1 mn bpd or 5.5% lower than the figure for November

2018.

Crude oil and NGL production in the OECD 30 coun-

tries totaled 27.3 mn bpd in November, up by 1.1 mn bpd

or 4% from the previous year.

Production in the countries of the Commonwealth of

Independent States (CIS) for November 2019 was

15.7 mn bpd, up 0.2 mn bpd or 1.2% compared with

November 2018, and for the rest of the world, production

was 16.8 mn bpd, up by 0.3 mn bpd or 1.8% higher than

the figure from the previous year.

Total world production of crude oil and NGL for

November 2019 totaled 95.9 mn bpd, a decrease of

0.1 mn bpd compared with the figure for November 2018.

1|NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION

US production of natural gas for September 2019 was

82.1 bcm, up 8.8 bcm or 11.9% compared with September

2018.

In Canada production in September totaled 15.0 bcm,

down 0.4 bcm or 2.4% compared with September 2018.

Production for OECD Europe-23 was 16.1 bcm, a

decrease of 0.9 bcm or 5.3% on the previous year.

Natural gas production in the CIS countries was

80.1 bcm, up 2.9 bcm or 3% compared with September 2018.

Overall, world total natural gas production in

September 2019 was 354.0 bcm, an increase of 16.7 bcm

or 5% compared with the figure for September 2018.

2|COAL AND LIGNITE

PRODUCTION

World total combined production of coal and lignite in

September 2019 was 519.9 mn mt, up 1.3 mn mt, an

increase of 1.3% on the previous year.

Production in the United States in September was

52.5 mn mt, a decrease of 4.3 mn mt or 7.6% compared

with the figure for September 2018.

The CIS countries produced 51.4 mn mt of coal and

lignite in September 2019, an increase of 1.2 mn mt or

2.3% compared with September 2018.

3|ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

Net total world production of electricity in September

2019 was 48.6 bn kWh or 2.4% higher than in September

2018, at 2047.0 bn kWh.

In China, net electricity production increased by

33.6 bn kWh, or 6.5% on the figure for September 2019,

at 548.0 bn kWh. US production for September 2019 was

down 1.4 bn kWh, or 0.4% compared with the figure for

September 2018 at 355.3 bn kWh.

Net electricity production in OECD Europe-23

remained level with September 2018, at 260.7 bn kWh.

4|PRODUCTS DEMAND

Demand for oil products in the United States for

September 2019 was 20.7 mn bpd, an increase of

0.3 mn bpd or 1.3% compared with September 2018.

Across the OECD 30 countries, products demand was

43.8 mn bpd, down by 0.4 mn bpd or 0.8% compared with

September 2018.

Products demand in Japan for September 2019 was

3.3 mn bpd, a decrease of 0.1 mn bpd or 3.9% compared

with the previous year.

Total world demand for petroleum products in

September 2019 was 97.2 mn bpd, an increase of 1.2 mn bpd

or 1.2% compared with the figure for September 2018.

How to cite this article: Crude oil and natural

gas liquid production. Oil and Energy Trends. 2020;

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