{"id":137794,"date":"2021-09-04T16:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=137794"},"modified":"2021-09-04T16:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T16:13:27","slug":"15-countries-that-control-the-worldu2019s-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/15-countries-that-control-the-worldu2019s-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Countries That Control The World\\u2019s Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The oil industry faced unprecedented challenges in 2020. Due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, dem<\/span><span>and for oil dipped f<\/span><span>or the first time in over a decade, down by over 9 million barrels per day. With it, oil production also dropped by 6.6 million barrels per day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Still, an average of more than 88 million barrels were produced worldwide each day in 2020. The vast majority of this production took place in just 15 countries. In addition to having the highest production output in 2020, these 15 countries have a combined 1.6 trillion barrels of oil in their reserves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To determine the countries that control the world\u2019s oil, 24\/7 Wall St. reviewed data on oil reserves from oil and gas company BP\u2019s \u201c<\/span><span>Statistical Review of World Energy 2021<\/span><span>.\u201d Countries were ranked based on proved reserves as of 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 15 countries with the most oil are spread across five different continents, though the majority are loca<\/span><span>ted in the <\/span><span>Middle East and North Africa regions. The other countries tend to be very large, as the more land area a country has, the more likely some of it sits on top of a large deposit of oil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Oil is one of the most valuable and widely used commodities in the world, and countries with large supplies tend to be very wealthy. The economies of several nations on this list are almost wholly powered by the oil industry, and they rank among <\/span><span>the richest countries in the world<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Click here to see the 15 countries that control the world&#8217;s oil<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span><strong>Click here to read our detailed methodology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/247wallst.com\/special-report\/2021\/09\/04\/15-countries-that-control-the-worlds-oil-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The oil industry faced unprecedented challenges in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":137793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23051],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>15 Countries That Control The World\\u2019s Oil - 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