1. Changing Patterns of Oil Consumption

2. Spec
Analyse the global patterns and trends in the production and consumption of oil.
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3. Which countries have the highest proven reserves?
Proven Oil Reserves
Which countries have the highest proven reserves?

4. What does this map show?
Crude Petroleum Exports This is where oil is traded from.
Use these two maps to describe the spatial distribution of oil production around the world.

5. Draw an accurate divided bar to show where the 85
Draw an accurate divided bar to show where the 85.4 million barrels of oil produced each day come from.

6. World ENERGY stores COAL: China produced 41.1% of global coal in 2007
USA produces 18.7%
HEP:
China, Canada, Brazil and USA account for 46% of global total
WIND
Germany world leader at 23.6%
Germany, USA and Spain account for 58% globally
OIL:
In 2007 the Middle East = 30.8% of oil production
N. America = 16.5%
Saudi Arabia dominates production  12.6% of world’s total
Russia accounts for over ½ of production for Europe and Eurasia
NATURAL GAS:
Russia and USA produce 40% of world’s total

7. Oil first entered general use around 1900 when the global population was about 1.6 billion.  Since then the population has more than quadrupled.  When we look at oil production overlaid on the population growth curve we can see a very suggestive correspondence:

8. Describe the trends in global oil production between 1880 and now.

9. Gap Minder
GapMinderOil
1970
1990
2010
Highest
Lowest
Look at how the production trends of Major Producing Nations have varied over time.
Complete this table:

10. Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline.
Hubbert Peak Oil Plot