This is a list of oil-producing countries by
oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...
exports
An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country. The seller of such goods or the service provider is an ...
based on
The World Factbook and other Sources. Many countries also
import oil, and some import more oil than they export.
Countries by rank
Oil export revenues
Academic contributions have written about differences in petroleum revenue management in various countries. Many scholars see the natural resource wealth in some countries as a natural resource blessing, while in others it has been referred to as a natural
resource curse. A vast body of resource curse literature has studied the role of governance regimes, legal frameworks and political risk in building an economy based on natural resource exploitation. However, whether it is seen as a blessing or a curse, the recent political decisions regarding the future of petroleum production in many countries were given an
extractivist direction, thus also granting a status quo to the
exploitation of natural resources.
The
PRIX index forecasts the effect of political developments on exports from major petroleum-producing countries.
See also
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List of countries by oil production
This is a list of countries by oil production (i.e., petroleum production), as compiled from the U.S. Energy Information Administration database for calendar year 2021, tabulating all countries on a comparable best-estimate basis. Compared wit ...
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List of countries by exports
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List of countries by net oil exports
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List of countries by proven oil reserves
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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References
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Energy-related lists by country
*Exports
Trade by commodity
List of countries by oil exports
Lists of countries
Lists of countries by product exports