Statistical highlights

• Published date: 01 December 2019
• Date: 01 December 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.12748

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Statistical highlights

1|CRUDE OIL AND NGL

PRODUCTION

Provisional estimates for OPEC crude oil production in

October 2019 totaled 31.2 mn bpd. For the 12 members of

OPEC, natural gas liquids (NGL) production for October

was 5.0 mn bpd, bringing total combined production of

crude oil and NGL to 36.2 mn bpd, down 2.1 mn bpd or

5.4% lower than the figure for October 2018.

Crude oil and NGL production in the OECD 30 coun-

tries totaled 27.0 mn bpd in October, up by 1.7 mn bpd or

6.5% from the previous year.

Production in the countries of the Commonwealth of

Independent States (CIS) for October 2019 was

15.6 mn bpd, up 0.2 mn bpd or 1.5% compared with

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

was 16.7 mn bpd, up by 0.3 mn bpd or 1.7% higher than

the figure from the previous year.

Total world production of crude oil and NGL for

October 2019 totaled 95.4 mn bpd, an increase of

0.1 mn bpd compared with the figure for October 2018.

2|NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION

US production of natural gas for August 2019 was 83.8 bcm,

up 9.1 bcm or 12.1% compared with August 2018.

In Canada production in August totaled 15.6 bcm,

down 0.4 bcm or 2.7% compared with August 2018. Pro-

duction for OECD Europe-23 was 17.5 bcm, a decrease of

1.1 bcm or 5.9% on the previous year.

Natural gas production in the CIS countries was

77.0 bcm, up 2.9 bcm or 3.9% compared with August 2018.

Overall, world total natural gas production in August

2019 was 357.6 bcm, an increase of 17.4 bcm or 5.1%

compared with the figure for August 2018.

3|COAL AND LIGNITE

PRODUCTION

World total combined production of coal and lignite in

August 2019 was 520.4 mn mt, down 5.0 mn mt, a

decrease of 1% on the previous year.

Production in the United States in August was

57.0 mn mt, a decrease of 6.0 mn mt or 9.6% compared

with the figure for August 2018.

The CIS countries produced 48.0 mn mt of coal and

lignite in August 2019, a decrease of 2.2 mn mt or 4.4%

compared with August 2018.

4|ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

Net total world production of electricity in August 2019

was 8.8 bn kWh or 0.4% higher than in August 2018, at

2212.0 bn kWh.

In China, net electricity production increased by

26.1 bn kWh, or 4.3% on the figure for August 2019, at

627.0 bn kWh. US production for August 2019 was up

2.1 bn kWh, or 0.5% compared with the figure for August

2018 at 413.0 bn kWh.

Net electricity production in OECD Europe-23

decreased by 18.1 bn kWh, or 6.5% compared with

August 2018, at 263.0 bn kWh.

5|PRODUCTS DEMAND

Demand for oil products in the United States for August

2019 was 20.8 mn bpd, an increase of 0.3 mn bpd or 1.5%

compared with August 2018.

Across the OECD 30 countries, products demand was

44.6 mn bpd, up by 0.2 mn bpd or 0.5% compared with

August 2018.

Products demand in Japan for August 2019 was

3.6 mn bpd, a decrease of less than 0.1 mn bpd or 0.6%

compared with the previous year.

Total world demand for petroleum products in

August 2019 was 98.0 mn bpd, an increase of 1.7 mn bpd

or 1.8% compared with the figure for August 2018.

How to cite this article: Statistical highlights. Oil

and Energy Trends. 2019;44:10. https://doi.org/10.

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