Australia

Australia & Oceania

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Kazakhstan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

East Asia

Azerbaijan

Russia

Eurasia

Denmark

Italy

Norway

Romania

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Brazil

Colombia

Ecuador

Peru

Venezuela

Latin America

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

India

South Asia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Kuwait

Libya

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Chad

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

South Sudan

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights the percent of the proven oil reserves by country with darker being the highest. Dark blue in Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Medium blue in Russia. Light blue in the U S A and China. Very light blue in India and Australia.

Petroleum reserves as a percentage of known world reserves by country

Countries

World

Proven Oil Reserves

Percent of world reserves

Alaska

Arizona

Utah

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Wyoming

Nunavut

Montana

North Dakota

Kentucky

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Texas

Missouri

Louisiana

New Brunswick

Alabama

New Mexico

Kansas

British Columbia

Newfoundland and Labrador

Michigan

Alberta

Pennsylvania

Colorado

New York

Manitoba

Oklahoma

California

Arkansas

Ohio

Indiana

Illinois

None

General areas of sedimentary formations favorable to oil, shaded in blue: The northern region of Yukon, Northwest territories, and Nunavut. Northeastern (Halifax) and central states of America like New York, Oklahoma, Calgary, and Georgia.

Geologic formations in North America favorable to the location of petroleum

General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil

nature

Hawaii

A map shows global language families. Afro-Asiatic (red) in North Africa, Altaic (blue) in Central Asia, Amerindian and Indo-European (purple) in the Americas, Aboriginal Australian (orange) in Australia, and Austro-Asiatic (yellow) in Southeast Asia.

The predominant language families of Australia and Oceania. Language families are groups of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language.

Proven Oil Reserves			General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Language Families
Class	Rank	Percent of world reserves	General Area of Sedimentary Formations Favorable to Oil	Austronesian












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