Middle East: OIL (proved reserves)

Proved reserves in billion barrels in 1996:

Saudi Arabia

261.5

Iraq

112.0

UAE

97.8

Kuwait

96.5

Libya

29.5

Algeria

9.2

Oman

5.1

Yemen

4.0

Egypt

3.7

Qatar

3.7

Syria

2.5

Rest of the world

411.4

World total

1,036.9

source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 1997