Proved oil reserves in North America 1990-2020

Published by Jessica Aizarani, Mar 2, 2023
North America had crude oil reserves of roughly 36 billion metric tons in 2020. Of which, 75 percent were Canada's oil reserves, including that of its oil sands deposits. The United States has one of the world's larges oil shale reserves.

Proved oil reserves in North America from 1990 to 2020* (in billion metric tons)

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July 2021

Region

North America

Survey time period

1990 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Total proved reserves of oil: generally taken to be those quantities that geological and engineering information indicates with reasonable certainty can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions.
Reserves include gas condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs) as well as crude oil.

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