In 2021, crude oil production from OPEC countries amounted to roughly 31.7 million barrels of oil daily, up from some 30.8 million barrels per day in the previous year. Between 1998 and 2021, figures increased by nearly one million barrels of oil per day, peaking at 37.5 million barrels per day in 2016.
OPEC crude oil production from 1998 to 2021
(in 1,000 barrels per day)
Figures include crude oil, shale oil, oil sands, condensates and NGLs. Liquid fuels from other sources such as biofuels and synthetic derivatives of coal and natural gas are excluded, as well as oil shales/kerogen extracted in solid form.
This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.
Figures were restated based on the latest report.
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