Egypt Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 4,400,000,000 #25 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 682,904 #27 in the world
Oil Consumption 877,000 #25 in the world
Daily Deficit −194,096
Oil Imports 70,411
Oil Exports 240,295
Net Exports 169,884
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Egypt

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Egypt holds 4,400,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #25 in the world and accounting for about 0.27% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Egypt has proven reserves equivalent to 13.7 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 14 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
4,400,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #25 | Share of World: 0.27%
14 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Egypt


Oil Consumption in Egypt

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  • Egypt consumes 877,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Egypt ranks #25 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.90% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Egypt consumes 0.36 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 101,644,589 people), or 132 gallons per capita per year (3 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Egypt

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  • Egypt produces 682,904 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #27 in the world.

  • Egypt produces every year an amount equivalent to 5.67% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Egypt exports 25% of its oil production (169,884 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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