Primary energy reserves
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Reserves are the economically usable part of energy stock. The presently
non-economically usable part is known as resources. The global energy
reserves total more than 1,360 billion tonnes of coal equivalents. The
table shows the distribution over the various energy carriers and global
regions.
area |
crude oil |
gas |
coal |
uranium
(80 $/kg) |
% |
Europe |
3 |
5 |
39 |
marginal |
3.6 |
CIS |
25 |
80 |
158 |
7 |
19.8 |
Africa |
25 |
19 |
29 |
2 |
5.5 |
Near East |
155 |
104 |
1 |
- |
19.1 |
Austral-Asia |
9 |
22 |
314 |
19 |
26.7 |
North America |
48 |
14 |
211 |
6 |
20.4 |
Latin America |
44 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
4.8 |
World |
309 |
254 |
761 |
37 |
|
EU-27 |
|
2,7 |
34 |
- |
2,8 |
Global energy reserves in billion tonnes
of coal equivalent, 2012
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11 - 15 March 2018
Munich, Germany
30 September - 04 October 2018
Prague, Czech Republic |
