27Jul08 The United States Produces 4x More Oil Than Iraq, and 2x More Than Iran.
By: John Russell
Answer me:
1. If the current war is ‘for oil’, then wouldn’t it be smart to invade Saudi Arabia?
2. If the current need ‘for oil’ is so great, why didn’t we just invade Mexico?

Source: CIA – The World Factbook

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Rank
Country
Oil – production
(bbl/day)
Date of Information
1
 World 78,900,000 2005 est.
2
 Saudi Arabia 11,000,000 2007 est.
3
 Russia 9,870,000 2007
4
 United States 8,322,000 2005 est.
5
 Iran 4,150,000 2006 est.
6
 Mexico 3,784,000 2005 est.
7
 China 3,730,000 2007 est.
8
 Canada 3,092,000 2005
9
 Norway 2,978,000 2005 est.
10
 European Union 2,874,000 2004
11
 Venezuela 2,802,000 2006 est.
12
 Kuwait 2,669,000 2005 est.
13
 United Arab Emirates 2,540,000 2006 est.
14
 Nigeria 2,440,000 2006 est.
15
 Iraq 2,110,000 2007 est.
16
 Algeria 2,090,000 2005 est.
1
7
 United Kingdom 1,861,000 2005 est.
18
 Libya 1,720,000 2006 est.
19
 Brazil 1,590,000 2006 est.
20
 Kazakhstan 1,338,000 2005 est.
21
 Angola 1,260,000 2005 est.
22
 Qatar 1,111,000 2005 est.
23
 Indonesia 1,070,000 2006 est.
24
 Azerbaijan 934,700 2007 est.
25
 India 834,600 2005 est.
26
 Argentina 801,700 2005 est.
27
 Malaysia 751,800 2005 est.
28
 Oman 740,000 2006 est.
29
 Egypt 688,100 2005 est.
30
 Australia 572,400 2005 est.
31
 Colombia 539,000 2005 est.
32
 Ecuador 538,000 2005
33
 Yemen 402,000 2005 est.
34
 Sudan 397,000 2006 est.
35
 Equatorial Guinea 396,100 2005 est.
36
 Syria 380,000 2007 est.
37
 Denmark 342,000 2006 est.
38
 Vietnam 319,500 2007
39
 Thailand 310,900 2005 est.
40
 Gabon 266,000 2005 est.
41
 Congo, Republic of the 235,900 NA
42
 Brunei 219,300 2006
43
 South Africa 200,000 2006 est.
44
 Turkmenistan 196,000 2007 est.
45
 Bahrain 184,000 2007 est.
46
 Chad 176,700 2005 est.
47
 Italy 164,800 2005 est.
48
 Germany 141,700 2005
49
 Japan 125,000 2006
50
 Uzbekistan 124,900 2005
51
 Romania 122,700 2005 est.
52
 Trinidad and Tobago 120,000 2007 est.
53
 Peru 110,700 2005 est.
54
 Timor-Leste 94,420 2005
55
 Ukraine 90,400 2006
56
 Cameroon 82,670 2005 est.
57
 Tunisia 76,900 2005 est.
58
 Netherlands 76,000 2006
59
 Mauritania 75,000 2006 est.
60
 France 73,180 2005 est.
61
 Pakistan 68,220 2005 est.
62
 Cote d’Ivoire 57,700 2005 est.
63
 Cuba 50,850 2006 est.
64
 Papua New Guinea 50,000 January 2006 est.
65
 Turkey 45,460 2005 est.
66
 Hungary 42,180 2005 est.
67
 Bolivia 41,570 2007 est.
68
 Belarus 33,700 2005 est.
69
 Poland 32,800 2005 est.
70
 Spain 29,350 2005 est.
71
 Uruguay 27,830 2007 est.
72
 Croatia 27,190 2005 est.
73
 New Zealand 25
,880 		2006 est.
74
 Philippines 24,310 2005 est.
75
 Austria 23,320 2005
76
 Guatemala 20,100 2006 est.
77
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19,750 2005
78
 Czech Republic 18,030 2005
79
 Virgin Islands 17,620 2005 est.
80
 Korea, South 17,050 2005
81
 Chile 15,100 2006 est.
82
 Serbia 14,660 2003
83
 Lithuania 13,160 2005 est.
84
 Slovakia 12,840 2005 est.
85
 Singapore 9,836 2005 est.
86
 Portugal 9,500 2006 est.
87
 Suriname 9,461 2005 est.
88
 Belgium 9,000 2006
89
 Finland 8,951 2005 est.
90
 Burma 7,700 2006 est.
91
 Albania 7,006 2005 est.
92
 Estonia > 6,930 2005 est.
93
 Bangladesh 6,746 2005
94
 Greece 5,687 2005 est.
95
 Morocco 3,746 2005 est.
96
 Bulgaria 3,661 2005 est.
97
 Switzerland 3,202 2005 est.
98
 Belize 2,413 2006
99
 Aruba 2,356 2005
100
 Sweden 2,350 2005 est.
101
 Georgia 1,979 2005 est.
102
 Kyrgyzstan 1,965 2005
103
 Puerto Rico 1,354 2005 est.
104
 Barbados 1,002 2005
105
 Ghana 700 2007 est.
106
 Taiwan 406 2006 est.
107
 Cyprus 300 2005 est.
108
 Tajikistan 282 2005 est.
109
 Zambia 150 2005 est.
110
 Korea, North 141 2005 est.
111
 Israel 100 2006 est.
112
 Madagascar 92 2005 est.
113
 Dominican Republic 12 2004
114
 Ethiopia 7 2005 est.
115
 Slovenia 5 2005 est.
116
 Sierra Leone 1 2005 est.

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  • http://debtprison.net barry b

    Respectfully following link from Digg.com,

    When I use the expression 'for oil' I think of it as 'America's long term global energy manipulation'. I believe that the U.S. invaded Iraq in order to position ourselves as an authority in the region for a few reasons (both pertain to oil).

    First of all, by installing a puppet government in Iraq (essentially making it the 51st state), we guarantee a monopoly between the U.S. and the Iraqi government when it comes to oil production – if we so desire it. So even though we may not require the oil at this time, we've pretty much guaranteed that future oil production can be steered towards the U.S. or at least artificially managed to manipulate global pricing and demand

    Secondly, according to this source, an article from the Brookings Institution it has been hypothesized that Iraq may contain more oil that even the mighty Saudi Arabia.

    “Center for Global Energy Studies and Petrolog & Associates offered an even more optimistic estimate of 300 bbl—a number that would give Iraq reserves greater even than those of Saudi Arabia”

    If these predictions turn out to be true, and the world remains dependent on gasoline engines, the U.S. govt has made a very wise move indeed in securing Iraqi oil. Whether or not it was a moral decision is all together a different matter. I believe the invasion of Iraq is part of a long term plan to guarantee the U.S. plenty of oil in the upcoming century for itself and allies. Also, by positioning ourselves militarily in the Middle East, we'll attempt to intimidate neighboring countries into seeing things our way and continue to see that oil is traded in dollars instead of Euro's.

    Well thats my attempt at an argument. I hope I've given a reasonable explanation of what people mean when they refer to the war as being 'for oil'. At least the above explanation is my current view the matter.

    Best regards,

    Barry Broome

  • http://debtprison.net barry b

    I thought this article was interesting as well – Iraq has an oil revenue surplus due to U.S. taxes paying for reconstruction…

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/05/iraq.oil…

  • http://unrforliberty.com/ John

    Hi Barry,
    I want to thank you for clearing up the use of the 'for oil' expression that many people tend to throw around. As we all know, President Bush has time and time again called for more oil production, but many people lend the question: To what cost? Would we go to war over it?

    Thousands of words and days of debate could be (and have been) spent determining what the purpose of this war really was. And although finding answers to this is important, I believe an even more important issue that we all must consider is how do we end it. It is clearly bankrupting the nation (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/…), radicalizing new terrorists (http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0718/dailyUpdate….), and limiting liberty (http://www.dhs.gov/). Unfortunately, out of the 300,000 + million people that live in America, we are presented with only 2 presidential candidates that are clearly false alternatives.

    What is a patriot to do?

  • Barry Belmont

    Just as a side comment…I think it's really cool that somewhere in the vastness of the internets two Barry B's happened to stumble into each other on the fringes.

    Really interesting articles you guys. (And great table John)

  • Alyssa

    I think we need to work on finding more Barry B's. There aren't enough.

    lol

  • http://alyssacowan.squarespace.com Alyssa

    I think we need to work on finding more Barry B's. There aren't enough.

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