Argentina Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 2,379,702,000 #33 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 708,770 #26 in the world
Oil Consumption 709,000 #27 in the world
Daily Deficit −230
Oil Imports 16,180
Oil Exports 53,930
Net Exports 37,750
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Argentina

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Argentina holds 2,379,702,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #33 in the world and accounting for about 0.14% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Argentina has proven reserves equivalent to 9.2 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 9 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
2,379,702,000 barrels
Global Rank: #33 | Share of World: 0.14%
9 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Argentina


Oil Consumption in Argentina

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  • Argentina consumes 709,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Argentina ranks #27 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.73% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Argentina consumes 0.68 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 43,900,313 people), or 248 gallons per capita per year (6 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Argentina

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  • Argentina produces 708,770 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #26 in the world.

  • Argentina produces every year an amount equivalent to 10.87% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Argentina exports 5% of its oil production (37,750 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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