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39
th
Annual Report
Table 2-3
Petroleum Discoveries in OAPEC Members and
other Arab Countries, 2008 - 2012
* Preliminary estimates.
Sources:
- Energy Resources Monitor, OAPEC, Several issues, 2012
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012*
Oil Gas Oil
Gas Oil
Gas Oil
Gas Oil
Gas
Algeria
2 9 4 12 3 10 -
2
3
-
Bahrain
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Egypt
37 24 40 24 41 22 8
4
5
6
Iraq
-
-
3
1
1
1
2
1
6
1
Kuwait
3 2 1
1
1
-
2
1
-
-
Libya
8 -
6
-
6
1
1
-
1
-
Qatar
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Saudi Arabia -
-
5
5
-
1
-
-
-
1
Syria
2 -
5
1
2
-
3
1
1
-
Tunisia
2 2 1
-
1
4
4
1
2
-
UAE
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
Total
OAPEC 54 37 66 44 56 39 20 10 18 8
Oman
3 1 5
-
1
2
1
-
-
-
Sudan
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Morocco
-
1 -
3
-
1
-
3
-
-
Yemen
1 -
9
1
-
-
-
2
-
-
Total Arab
countries
58 39 80 48 57 42 21 15 18 8
