STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Published date: 01 February 2016
• Date: 01 February 2016
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.12352

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Crude oil and NGL production

Provisional estimates for OPEC crude oil production in

December 2015 totaled 31.7 mn bpd. For the 12 mem-

bers of OPEC, natural gas liquids (NGL) production

for December was 5.2 mn bpd, bringing total com-

bined production of crude oil and NGL to 36.9 mn bpd,

1.4 mn bpd or3.8% hig hert hanthe gure for December

2014.

Crude oil and NGL productionin the OECD 30 coun-

tries totaled 23.7mn bpd in December, up by 1.2mn bpd

or 5.2% from the previous year.

Production in the countries of the Commonwealth

of Independent States (CIS) for December 2015 was

13.7 mn bpd, down 0.1 mn bpd or 0.7% compared with

December 2014, and for the rest of the world,production

was 16.5 mn bpd, 0.5 mn bpd or 2.8% higher than it was

in December 2014.

Total world production of crude oil and NGL for

December 2015 totaled 90.8 mn bpd, an increase of

3.0 mn bpd or 3.3% compared with the gure for

December 2014.

Natural gas production

US production of natural gas for October 2015 was

68.2 bcm, up 4.9 bcm or 7.7% compared with October

2014.

InCanada,productioninOctobertotaled13.8bcm,

an increase of 0.5 bcm or 3.5% compared with October

2014. Production for OECD Europe-23 was 20.4 bcm,

down 0.8 bcm or 3.8% compared with the gure for

October 2014.

Natural gas production in the CIS countries was

80.4 bcm, up 0.7 bcm or 0.9% compared with October

2014.

Over all, world total natural gas production in Octo-

ber 2015 was 310.1 bcm, an increase of 4.2 bcm or 1.4%

compared with the gure for October 2014.

Coal and lignite production

World total combined production of coal and lignite in

October 2015 was 627.0 mn mt, up 2.0mn mt or 0.3%

from the previous year.

Production in the US in October was 68.5 mn mt, a

fall of 7.9 mnmt or 10.3% compared with the gure for

October 2014.

eCIScountriesproduced50.1mnmtofcoaland

lignite in October 2015, an increase of 2.7 mn mt or 5.7%

compared with October 2014.

Electricity production

Net total world productionof electricity in October 2015

was 34.4 bn kWh or 1.9% higher than in October 2014,

at 1,819.8 bn kWh.

In China, net electricity production increased by

8.3 bn kWh, or 2.0% on the gure for October 2014,

at 425.8 bn kWh. US production for October 2015 was

1.2 bn kWh or 0.4% higher than the gure for October

2014 at 315.7 bn kWh.

Net electricity production in OECD Europe-23 was

271.8 bn kWh, which was 8.5 bn kWh or 3.2% higher

than the same month in 2014.

Products demand

Demand for oil products in the US for October 2015

was 19.3mn bpd, an increase of 0.4 mn bpd or 2.0%

compared with October 2014.

Across the OECD 30 countr ies, products de mand

was 43.3 mn bpd, up 0.1 mn bpd or 0.2% compared with

October 2014.

Products demand in Japan for October 2015 was

3.8 mn bpd, a decreas e of less than 0.1 mn bpd or 2.2%

compared with the previous year.

Total world demand for petroleum products in Octo-

ber 2015 was 91.9 mn bpd, an increase of 1.8 mn bpd or

1.9% compared with the gure for October 2014.

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