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riversedge

(80,382 posts)
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:26 AM Yesterday

Countries with the Most Oil Reserves 🛢 1. 🇻🇪 Venezuela - 303 Billion Barrels 2. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 267 Billion 3. ,

I admit that I did not know the US was in the top 10.



Countries with the Most Oil Reserves 🛢

1. 🇻🇪 Venezuela – 303 Billion Barrels
2. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – 267 Billion
3. 🇮🇷 Iran – 209 Billion
4. 🇨🇦 Canada – 163 Billion
5. 🇮🇶 Iraq – 145 Billion
6. 🇦🇪 UAE – 113 Billion
7. 🇰🇼 Kuwait – 102 Billion
8. 🇷🇺 Russia – 80 Billion
9. 🇱🇾 Libya – 48 Billion
10. 🇺🇸 United States – 45 Billion
11. 🇳🇬 Nigeria – 37 Billion
12. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan – 30 Billion
13. 🇨🇳 China – 28 Billion
14. 🇶🇦 Qatar – 25 Billion
15. 🇧🇷 Brazil – 16 Billion
16. 🇩🇿 Algeria – 12 Billion
17. 🇪🇨 Ecuador – 8 Billion
18. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – 7 Billion
19. 🇳🇴 Norway – 7 Billion
20. 🇲🇽 Mexico – 5 Billion
21. 🇸🇩 Sudan – 5 Billion
22. 🇮🇳 India – 5 Billion
23. 🇴🇲 Oman – 5 Billion
24. 🇻🇳 Vietnam – 4 Billion
25. 🇪🇬 Egypt – 3 Billion
26. 🇦🇷 Argentina – 3 Billion
27. 🇲🇾 Malaysia – 3 Billion
28. 🇦🇴 Angola – 3 Billion
29. 🇮🇩 Indonesia – 2 Billion
30. 🇨🇴 Colombia – 2 Billion
31. 🇬🇦 Gabon – 2 Billion
32. 🇨🇬 Congo – 2 Billion
33. 🇦🇺 Australia – 2 Billion
34. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – 2 Billion
35. 🇧🇳 Brunei – 1 Billion
36. 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea – 1 Billion
37. 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan – 600 Million
38. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan – 600 Million
39. 🇺🇦 Ukraine – 400 Million
40. 🇩🇰 Denmark – 370 Million
41. 🇧🇾 Belarus – 200 Million
42. 🇨🇱 Chile – 150 Million Barrels

Note: Figures as at year-end as of 2024. Data includes oil sands.

Source: OPEC via Visual Capitalist


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Countries with the Most Oil Reserves 🛢 1. 🇻🇪 Venezuela - 303 Billion Barrels 2. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 267 Billion 3. , (Original Post) riversedge Yesterday OP
Trump probably has visions of installing a new regime that will allow US oil companies to plunder Iran's oil. Lonestarblue Yesterday #1
If we dedicated ourselves to renewables, all this would go away. Scrivener7 Yesterday #2
It's just a coincidence that the USA is in comflicts with 5 of the top 10 Oil Gaiants.......isnt it? Ping Tung Yesterday #3

Lonestarblue

(13,409 posts)
1. Trump probably has visions of installing a new regime that will allow US oil companies to plunder Iran's oil.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:39 AM
Yesterday

With an appropriate under-the-table kickback to him.

Scrivener7

(59,222 posts)
2. If we dedicated ourselves to renewables, all this would go away.
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:23 AM
Yesterday

It seems all the evil people are tied to oil.

Ping Tung

(4,343 posts)
3. It's just a coincidence that the USA is in comflicts with 5 of the top 10 Oil Gaiants.......isnt it?
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 09:30 AM
Yesterday
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