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Map: World oil 2004: reserves, consumption, trade and conflicts Map Shows: 1. Borders between continental regions 2. Major oil trade routes (in millions of tonnes, 2003) 3. Percentages of world production and consumption of oil for those regions as follows: North America - 5.5% or reserves, 30% of consumption South and Central America - 8.6% of reserves, 6% of consumption Africa - 8.9% of reserves, 3.3 of consumption Asia Pacific - 4.2% of reserves, 28.8 of consumption Europe / Asia - 9.2% of reserves, 25.9 of consumption Middle East - 63.3% of reserves, 6 of consumption 4. Oil-related conflict / state repression Conflict: Where control over oil supplies or pipeline routes has either inflamed or been the driving force behind armed conflict. State repression: Where oil pipelines or control over oil has either inflamed or become a focal point for militarisation and repression, or oil money used to fuel the military. (The list is not exhaustive.) North America - whilst not 'occupied', it occupies many other countries South and Central America - Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador Africa - Angola, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Nigeria, Sudan Asia Pacific - East Timor, Indonesia (Aceh and West Papua) Europe / Asia - Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekhistan, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Georgia Middle East - Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia 5. Main production areas of the big three oil companies: Exxon Mobil (Current) - Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Canada, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Indonesia (Aceh), Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Malaysia, Quatar, Russia (Sakhalin), UAE, UK, USA. Exxon Mobil (Future) - Africa, the Middle East and the Caspian. BP (Current) - Algeria, Angola, Australia, Azerbaijan, Columbia, Egypt, Indonesia (West Papua), Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, USA. BP (Future) - Angola, Azerbaijan, Gulf of Mexico, Indonesia, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago. Shell (Current) - Australia, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Gulf of Mexico, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Malaysia, Oman, Russia, UAE, UK, USA. Shell (Future) - Libya, West Canada, Russia (Sakhalin). Note: For more information, see the resources at the end of this document. Data on Reserves, Consumption, Production and Trade Routes are taken from the BP review of World Energy, 2004, see www.bp.com/statisticalreview2004

Data from BP review of World Energy, 2004

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