Mauritania Oil

Summary Table

  Barrels Global Rank
20,000,000 83rd in the world

  Barrels per Day Global Rank
4,836 97th in the world
17,000 147th in the world
Daily Deficit
-12,164  
Oil Imports
0  
Oil Exports
6,251  
6,251  
(Data shown is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Oil Reserves in Mauritania

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Mauritania holds 20,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2016, ranking 83rd in the world and accounting for about 0.0% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000 barrels.

Mauritania has proven reserves equivalent to 3.2 times its annual consumption. This means that, without Net Exports, there would be about 3 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

Oil Reserves
20,000,000 barrels
Global Rank: 83rd | Share of World: 0.00 %
3 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Mauritania

Oil Consumption in Mauritania

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  • Mauritania consumes 17,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.
  • Mauritania ranks 147th in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.0% of the world's total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.
  • Mauritania consumes 0.17 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 4,086,657 people), or 64 gallons per capita per year (2 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Mauritania

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  • Mauritania produces 4,836.07 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking 97th in the world.
  • Mauritania produces every year an amount equivalent to 8.8% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Exports

  • Mauritania exports 129% of its oil production (6,251 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production

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