India: Oil reserves

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 India

Oil reserves, billion barrels

 Latest value 4.60
 Year 2021
 Measure billion barrels
 Data availability 1980 - 2021
 Average 4.97
 Min - Max 2.58 - 8.00
 Source The U.S. Energy Information Administration
The latest value from 2021 is 4.6 billion barrels, an increase from 4.42 billion barrels in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 9.09 billion barrels, based on data from 187 countries. Historically, the average for India from 1980 to 2021 is 4.97 billion barrels. The minimum value, 2.58 billion barrels, was reached in 1981 while the maximum of 8 billion barrels was recorded in 1991. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
India - Oil reserves - Recent values chart

Historical series
India - Oil reserves - historical chart - 1980-2021




Definition: Proved reserves of crude oil are the estimated quantities of all liquids defined as crude oil, which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions.

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 Coal reserves 140,794.75 2023 million short tons
 Coal production 1,067,951.00 2023 thousand short tons
 Coal consumption 1,330,696.63 2023 thousand short tons
 Coal imports 264,408.91 2023 thousand short tons
 Coal exports 1,663.28 2023 thousand short tons
 Electricity production capacity 499.14 2023 million kilowatts
 Electricity production 1,805.14 2023 billion kilowatthours
 Electricity consumption 1,500.38 2023 billion kilowatthours
 Electricity imports 7.84 2023 billion kilowatthours
 Electricity exports 9.53 2023 billion kilowatthours
 Renewable power capacity 175.51 2023 million kilowatts
 Renewable power generation 394.18 2023 billion kilowatthours
 Natural gas production 1.300 2023 quadrillion Btu
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 Biofuels production 89.29 2022 thousand barrels per day
 Biofuels consumption 91.719 2022 thousand barrels per day
 Primary energy production 21.463 2023 quadrillion Btu
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