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Arabia and Tunisia. The share of natural gas in the total energy
consumption was 43.2% in Saudi Arabia and 34.3% in Tunisia.
Countries that rely moderately on natural gas, using it for less than
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33%of their energy requirements. The three countries in this group
are, Syria, Libya and Iraq. They rely on natural gas for 26.6%,
20.8% and 19.8% of their total energy needs respectively.
Figure (1-26) shows the degree towhichOAPECmember countries
depend on natural gas to meet their energy requirements.
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Natural Gas Consumption as a Percentage of Total Energy
Consumption in OAPEC Member Countries, 2012
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2-2-2 Petroleum Products
Consumption of petroleum products in OAPEC member countries
has increased by growth rate of 4%per annum during the period 2009-
2012 compared with a rate of 5.2% for total energy consumption.
Consumption of petroleum products rose from 5.0 million boe/d in
2009 to 5.65 million boe/d in 2012.