United Arab Emirates Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 97,800,000,000 #7 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 3,772,788 #8 in the world
Oil Consumption 896,000 #24 in the world
Daily Surplus +2,876,788
Oil Imports 0
Oil Exports 2,487,580
Net Exports 2,487,580
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in the United Arab Emirates

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the United Arab Emirates holds 97,800,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #7 in the world and accounting for about 5.93% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

the United Arab Emirates has proven reserves equivalent to 299 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 299 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
97,800,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: #7 | Share of World: 5.93%
299 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in the United Arab Emirates


Oil Consumption in the United Arab Emirates

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  • the United Arab Emirates consumes 896,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • the United Arab Emirates ranks #24 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.92% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • the United Arab Emirates consumes 4.17 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 9,030,873 people), or 1,521 gallons per capita per year (36 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in the United Arab Emirates

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  • the United Arab Emirates produces 3,772,788 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #8 in the world.

  • the United Arab Emirates produces every year an amount equivalent to 1.41% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • the United Arab Emirates exports 66% of its oil production (2,487,580 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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