Definition: This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Keystone Seen Failing to Sop Up Canada Oil Glut: Energy Markets
Businessweek - 6/18/2013 6:09:39 PM
Even if U.S. President Barack Obama approves the Keystone XL pipeline, Canadian crude oil probably ... similarly-dated West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark grade, at 11:30 a.m. today, according to the Bloomberg Fair Value Index.
Oil Production Saw Biggest Annual Increase in 2012, BP Says
Environmental Leader - 6/17/2013 2:07:28 PM
Last year saw the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded, according to a BP report. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy ... becoming more energy efficient. The emerging economies — the non-OECD countries ...
Libya oil production slows as world looks elsewhere for fuel
The Christian Science Monitor - 6/13/2013 10:40:27 PM
Oil production from OPEC-member Libya, a leading African oil producer, hasn't recovered from civil war. The state oil company said it wasn't able to return to its pre-war glory because of ongoing protests that forced the closure of two export ...
BP statistical review reveals biggest annual increase in US oil production, as world energy system adapts to changing global dynamics
OilVoice - 6/12/2013 10:45:48 AM
Consumption in OECD countries fell by 1.2%, led by a decline of 2.8% in the US (the world’s largest decline in ... Globally, natural gas accounted for 23.9% of primary energy consumption. Global natural gas production grew by 1.9%. The US (+4.7%) once ...
BP: Global demand for energy slows
WSB-TV Atlanta - 6/12/2013 2:56:20 PM
In an annual review of the world energy market, BP PLC said growth in energy ... gas production increases in the world and saw the largest gain in oil production in history." Other countries that saw big shifts include Libya, which registered a 215 percent ...
Variables, uncertainties still shape world energy outlook
Oil & Gas Journal - 6/18/2013 8:54:18 PM
Joseph, executive director of PIRA Energy Group ... “The learning curve never really stops.” The world’s unconventional resources are generally concentrated, with a handful of countries accounting for about two thirds of the total, indicated ...
A Few Voices Warn of US Energy Revolution 'Hype'
CNBC - 6/18/2013 5:33:52 PM
U.S. energy independence is seen as something of a holy grail by many economists and policy makers, and soaring shale production has heightened hopes that the United States may actually get there. But some energy watchers are questioning how much the world ...
Annual Energy Report Shows US Production Grows, While Global Demand Eases
Forbes - 6/12/2013 1:08:58 PM
This morning, BP (BP) released its annual Statistical Review of World Energy report which showed the United States saw production increase by 13.9% in 2012 to 8.9 million barrels per day. The company noted that “unconventional hydrocarbons ...
Google X working on green energy project
The Guardian - 6/18/2013 8:54:18 PM
The latest "moonshot" innovation from Google X follows hot on the heels of Google's Project Loon, its experimentation with solar-panelled balloons to bring Wi-Fi to remote regions of Africa and the Asia Pacific. Google Glass also emanated from ...
World economies
DAWN Group - 6/17/2013 12:52:53 AM
On the supply front, the IEA said that the Organisation of Oil Producing Countries (Opec ... In the latest sign of the shale revolution remaking world energy markets, crude production in the US jumped 14 per cent last year to 8.9 million ...
Coal on the Wrong Side of Energy's Future
The Motley Fool - 6/15/2013 11:46:40 AM
Eighty-two percent of all new generation built in the first quarter was renewable energy, and this will be the biggest obstacle to coal's future, now that renewable sources are lowering costs. Even the EIA is expecting very little new ...
BP annual report ranks Iran as world's number one gas reserves holder
SteelGuru - 6/17/2013 4:13:19 AM
Tehran Times reported that BP, the UK based energy giant, has slashed its global natural gas reserves estimate for the first time in decades, placing Iran at the top of the world's gas rich countries and sharply dropping Russia's classified holdings.
Iraq slashes production plan, but doubts remain
United Press International - 6/14/2013 5:45:46 PM
BAGHDAD, June 14 (UPI) -- Iraq has formally lowered its controversial oil production ... which has drawn up the new strategy in the last two years in cooperation with the World Bank and consultants Booz & Co. It should be noted the International ...
Mexico’s Pena Nieto plans end to 75-year Pemex monopoly in oil production
Financial Post - 6/18/2013 2:31:55 AM
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said he’s negotiating support to break the state monopoly over oil and gas exploration and production this year to accelerate economic growth. In the model envisioned by Pena Nieto, state-owned Petroleos ...
BP: Global demand for energy slows amid recession, better energy efficiency
Winnipeg Free Press - 6/12/2013 10:02:51 AM
In an annual review of the world energy market, BP PLC said growth in energy ... gas production increases in the world and saw the largest gain in oil production in history." Other countries that saw big shifts include Libya, which registered a 215 per ...
