Statistical highlights

• Date: 01 September 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/oet.12731
• Published date: 01 September 2019

STATISTICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1|CRUDE OIL AND NGL

PRODUCTION

Provisional estimates for OPEC crude oil production in July

2019 totaled 29.8 mn bpd. For the 12 members of OPEC,

natural gas liquids (NGL) production for July was 5.8 mn

bpd, bringing total combined production of crude oil and

NGL to 35.5 mn bpd, down 2.1 mn bpd or 5.7% lower than

the figure for July 2018.

Crude oil and NGL production in the OECD 30 countries

totaled 26.8 mn bpd in July, up by 1.7 mn bpd or 6.9% from

the previous year.

Production in the countries of the Commonwealth of

Independent States (CIS) for July 2019 was 15.1 mn bpd,

down 0.1 mn bpd or 0.5% compared with July 2018, and

for the rest of the world, production was 16.7 mn bpd, up

by 0.5 mn bpd or 2.9% higher than the figure from the

previous year.

Total world production of crude oil and NGL for July

2019 totaled 94.2 mn bpd, a decrease of less than 0.1 mn

bpd compared with the figure for July 2018.

2|NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION

US production of natural gas for May 2019 was 80.1 bcm,

up 8.8 bcm or 12.3% compared with May 2018.

In Canada production in May totaled 16.0 bcm, remained

level with May 2018. Production for OECD Europe-23 was

18.1 bcm, a decrease of 0.5 bcm or 2.8% on the previous year.

Natural gas production in the CIS countries was 83.7

bcm, up 5.1 bcm or 6.5% compared with May 2018.

Over all, world total natural gas production in May 2019

was 359.5 bcm, an increase of 20.9 bcm or 6.2% compared

with the figure for May 2018.

3|COAL AND LIGNITE

PRODUCTION

World total combined production of coal and lignite in May

2019 was 522.7 mn mt, up 3.1 mn mt, an increase of 0.6%

on the previous year.

Production in the United States in May was 54.3 mn mt,

a decrease of 2.3 mn mt or 4.0% compared with the figure

for May 2018.

The CIS countries produced 49.4 mn mt of coal and lig-

nite in May 2019, an increase of 2.3 mn mt or 4.9% com-

pared with May 2018.

4|ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

Net total world production of electricity in May 2019 was

59.4 bn kWh or 3.0% higher than in May 2018, at 2038.5

bn kWh.

In China, net electricity production increased by 34.5 bn

kWh, or 6.7% on the figure for May 2019, at 545.6 bn kWh.

US production for May 2019 was up 7.8 bn kWh, or 2.3%

compared with the figure for May 2018 at 347.0 bn kWh.

Net electricity production in OECD Europe-23 increased

by 3.8 bn kWh, or 1.4% compared with May 2018, at 267.6

bn kWh.

5|PRODUCTS DEMAND

Demand for oil products in the United States for May 2019

was 20.2 mn bpd, an increase of less than 0.1 mn bpd com-

pared with May 2018.

Across the OECD 30 countries, products demand was

44.2 mn bpd, up by 0.1 mn bpd or 0.2% compared with

May 2018.

Products demand in Japan for May 2019 was 4.1 mn

bpd, a decrease of 0.2 mn bpd or 4.6% compared with the

previous year.

Total world demand for petroleum products in May 2019

was 94.8 mn bpd, a decrease of 1.0 mn bpd or 1% compared

with the figure for May 2018.

How to cite this article: Oil and Energy Trends.

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