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• BP - Statistical Review data
• Distribution of proved oil reserves - 1987/1997/2007
• Oil proved reserves - 1987/1997/2007
• Oil production by region
• Oil R/P ratios - World
• Oil R/P ratios - by region 2007
• Oil consumption by region
• Regional oil consumption by product group - Light distillates
• Regional oil consumption by product group: Middle distillates
• Regional oil consumption by product group: Fuel oil
• Regional oil consumption by product group: Others
• Distribution of natural gas reserves - 1987/1997/2007
• Natural gas proved reserves: 1987/1997/2007
• Natural gas production by region
• Natural Gas R/P ratios - World
• Natural Gas R/P ratios - By region 2007
• Natural gas consumption by region
• Nuclear energy consumption by region
• Hydroelectricity consumption by region
• Primary energy - World consumption by fuel type
• Spot crude prices: From 1972
• Natural gas prices - From 1984
• Coal prices: from 1988

BP - Statistical Review data

Regional oil consumption by product group - Light distillates
This stacked bar chart shows world consumption of gasoline according to geographic region for years from 1982 to 2007. Gasoline consumption is measured in thousand barrels per day.

Regional oil consumption by product group - Light distillates

	Units	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Oil: Regional consumption - by product group - Thousand barrels daily (from 1965) [5,6]	'000 barrels/day
Total North America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	18,070	17,884	18,474	18,535	19,085	19,598	20,303	20,503	20,206	19,908	20,279	20,586	21,232
N. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	7,881	7,919	8,048	8,099	8,313	8,591	8,790	8,913	8,795	8,680	8,833	8,975	9,100
Total S. & Cent. America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	3,376	3,308	3,318	3,281	3,477	3,608	3,694	3,761	3,773	3,849	3,941	4,027	4,212
S. & Cent. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	983	987	995	1,017	1,090	1,106	1,126	1,169	1,189	1,232	1,218	1,269	1,372
Total Europe - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	14,227	13,915	14,015	13,871	14,401	14,509	14,695	14,746	14,958	14,873	15,030	15,009	15,020
Europe oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	3,529	3,595	3,624	3,606	3,785	3,856	3,990	4,073	4,219	4,139	4,208	4,137	4,123
Total Former Soviet Union oil consumption	'000 barrels/day											7,133	5,682	4,837
Former Soviet Union oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day											1,385	1,196	1,084
Total Middle East Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	2,380	2,609	2,754	2,939	2,982	3,069	3,052	3,181	3,484	3,584	3,665	3,820	4,103
Middle East oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	393	442	471	504	504	504	498	529	554	560	616	635	708
Total Africa - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	1,576	1,629	1,653	1,719	1,699	1,760	1,823	1,902	1,976	1,994	2,044	2,073	2,129
Africa oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	379	381	387	417	415	429	441	468	487	504	516	527	539
Total Asia Pacific - Oil consumption (incl. China and Japan)	'000 barrels/day	10,018	10,145	10,517	10,511	10,934	11,285	12,198	13,024	13,876	14,510	15,455	16,210	17,171
Asia Pacific oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	1,973	2,033	2,132	2,244	2,377	2,455	2,614	2,929	3,064	3,270	3,547	3,753	4,032

Regional oil consumption by product group - Light distillates

	Units	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Oil: Regional consumption - by product group - Thousand barrels daily (from 1965) [5,6]	'000 barrels/day
Total North America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	21,150	21,823	22,276	22,674	23,286	23,548	23,571	23,665	24,050	24,897	25,023	24,904	25,024
N. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	9,235	9,389	9,560	9,849	9,998	10,106	10,211	10,523	10,675	10,979	11,020	11,131	11,207
Total S. & Cent. America - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	4,380	4,557	4,790	4,936	4,968	4,907	5,006	4,974	4,826	4,944	5,147	5,225	5,493
S. & Cent. America oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	1,430	1,482	1,537	1,552	1,667	1,540	1,517	1,506	1,496	1,452	1,549	1,591	1,657
Total Europe - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	15,293	15,646	15,848	16,086	16,042	15,942	16,117	16,069	16,174	16,349	16,503	16,555	16,177
Europe oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	4,195	4,223	4,282	4,315	4,314	4,194	4,086	4,025	3,928	3,888	3,770	3,627	3,506
Total Former Soviet Union oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	4,410	3,910	3,890	3,741	3,700	3,623	3,627	3,667	3,748	3,762	3,771	3,923	3,923
Former Soviet Union oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	941	892	922	893	858	797	851	882	937	918	935	990	1,043
Total Middle East Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	4,216	4,335	4,423	4,492	4,573	4,716	4,829	5,011	5,229	5,507	5,731	5,949	6,203
Middle East oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	762	789	829	849	859	910	949	1,011	1,059	1,177	1,241	1,322	1,319
Total Africa - Oil consumption	'000 barrels/day	2,197	2,239	2,307	2,388	2,448	2,458	2,473	2,510	2,567	2,644	2,773	2,824	2,955
Africa oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	555	552	559	568	574	577	587	591	600	612	630	651	683
Total Asia Pacific - Oil consumption (incl. China and Japan)	'000 barrels/day	18,194	18,979	20,063	19,623	20,557	21,147	21,281	21,934	22,702	24,008	24,368	24,851	25,444
Asia Pacific oil consumption - Light distillates	'000 barrels/day	4,375	4,657	5,113	5,201	5,487	5,636	5,771	6,022	6,283	6,642	6,781	6,917	7,193

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