Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Energy > Oil > Proved > Reserves
DEFINITION:
This entry is the stock of proved reserves of crude oil in barrels (bbl). Proved reserves are those quantities of petroleum which, by analysis of geological and engineering data, can be estimated with a high degree of confidence to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 97.77 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
| 2 | Brazil | 13.2 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Mexico | 12.42 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
| 4 | Ecuador | 6.54 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
| 5 | Argentina | 2.39 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
| 6 | Colombia | 1.9 billion bbl | 2010 | ||
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 728.3 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 8 | Peru | 470.8 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 9 | Bolivia | 465 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 10 | Cuba | 178.9 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 11 | Chile | 150 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 12 | Guatemala | 83.07 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 13 | Suriname | 79.6 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 14 | Belize | 6.7 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| 15 | Barbados | 1.79 million bbl | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Guyana | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Haiti | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Grenada | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Uruguay | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Nicaragua | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Honduras | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Jamaica | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | The Bahamas | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Aruba | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Paraguay | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | El Salvador | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Costa Rica | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Panama | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Dominican Republic | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =16 | Dominica | 0.0 | 2010 |
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