YEAR

2010

2020

2030*

Oil production (all fossil oils, 000s bbls per day)

NORTH AMERICA

10,860.40

21,622.10

25,800

CENTRAL AMERICA

3,177.20

2,039.60

1,939.00

SOUTH AMERICA

7,203.20

5,991

11,589.80

NW EUROPE

3,865.30

3,210.20

2,788.60

SOUTHERN EUROPE

183.9

173.4

137

EASTERN EUROPE

10,621.40

10,842.20

9,193.90

N AND NW AFRICA

4,422.60

2,561.50

3,438.50

WEST AFRICA

5,335.80

4,199.50

4,327.60

S AND E AFRICA

472.2

248.5

471.4

ARABIA AND PERSIA

25,078.90

27,601.60

37,004

MEDITERRANEAN

434.1

90.9

290.6

CENTRAL ASIA

3,014.10

2,777.10

3,540.80

NORTH ASIA

4,086.80

3,917.60

3,976.90

SOUTH ASIA

994.1

895.1

865.2

SOUTHEAST ASIA

2,664.30

2,132.50

1,914.20

AUSTRALASIA

701.7

562.7

724.6

GLOBAL

83,116.20

88,865.80

108,001.70

As collated and forecast by globalshift.co.uk

MILESTONES

Oil production (on and offshore)

FIRST ONSHORE PRODUCTION:

1812 France

1854 Poland

1857 Romania

1859 USA

GLOBAL PRODUCTION PASSES:

10 mm bbls/day in 1950 (after 96 years)

30 mm bbls/day in 1965 (after 15 years)

50 mm bbls/day in 1971 (after 6 years)

70 mm bbls/day in 1997 (after 26 years)

90 mm bbls/day in 2015 (after 18 years)

100 mm bbls/day in 2025*

FIRST OFFSHORE PRODUCTION:

1925 Azerbaijan

1938 USA

FIRST SYNCRUDE PRODUCTION:

1967 Canada

FIRST PRODUCTION >500m WATER:

1984 USA

1987 Brazil

FIRST PRODUCTION >1000m WATER:

1994 Brazil

1999 USA

FIRST PRODUCTION >2000m WATER:

2000 USA

2010 Brazil

ONSHORE PRODUCTION AT PEAK:

2032 at 73.5 mm bbls/day*

OFFSHORE PRODUCTION AT PEAK:

2036 at 36.8 mm bbls/day*

As collated and forecast by globalshift.co.uk