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please post a list of countries that you all
know have peaked and a list of countires that
are in the 'maybe' category and a list of
countries that oil is actually growing. (like
the super project post)
this site rules
A brief history of oil production peaks
Oklahoma peaked in 1927 at about 700,000 BOPD; now it is 167,000 BOPD.
The US peaked in 1970 at 9.66 million BOPD; in 2004 it was 5.43 million BOPD.
Libya peaked in 1970 at 3.32 million BOPD; in 2004 it was 1.54 million BOPD.
Kuwait peaked in 1972 at 3.28 million BOPD; in 2004 it was 2.34 million BOPD.
Iran peaked in 1974 at 6.03 million BOPD; in 2004 it was 3.93 million BOPD.
Saudi Arabia peaked in 1981 at 9.64 million BOPD; in 2004 it was 8.86 million BOPD.
Russia peaked in 1983 at about 11.5 million BOPD; in 2004 it was 8.88 million BOPD.
Alaska peaked in 1988 at 2.14 million BOPD; now it is 968,000 BOPD.
The following countries' oil production was at an all-time high in 2004:
China (3.49 million BOPD)
Mexico (3.38 million BOPD)
Canada (2.42 million BOPD)
United Arab Emirates (2.36 million BOPD)
Nigeria (2.34 million BOPD)
Kazakhstan (999,000 BOPD)
Angola (985,000 BOPD)
Malaysia (859,000 BOPD)
Qatar (783,000 BOPD
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