Australia Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 1,193,000,000 #38 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 373,728 #31 in the world
Oil Consumption 1,114,645 #20 in the world
Daily Deficit −740,916
Oil Imports 302,855
Oil Exports 215,925
Net Imports 86,930
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Australia

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Australia holds 1,193,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #38 in the world and accounting for about 0.072% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Australia has proven reserves equivalent to 2.9 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without imports, there would be about 3 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
1,193,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #38 | Share of World: 0.072%
3 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Australia


Oil Consumption in Australia

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  • Australia consumes 1,114,645 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Australia ranks #20 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 1.15% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Australia consumes 1.92 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 24,329,963 people), or 702 gallons per capita per year (17 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Australia

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  • Australia produces 373,728 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #31 in the world.

  • Australia produces every year an amount equivalent to 11.43% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Imports

  • Australia imports 8% of its oil consumption (86,930 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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