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This means that, without imports, there would be about <strong>5 years of oil left </strong>(at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).</p><div class="row" style="margin-top:50px; margin-bottom:50px"><div class="col-md-12"> <div class="panel panel-default"><div class="panel-heading" style="text-align:center"><span class="panel-title" style="font-size:19px; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:100">Oil Reserves </span></div><div class="panel-body" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24px; font-weight:bold;">35,230,000,000</span><span style="font-size:15px"> barrels </span><div>Global Rank: <span style="font-size:18px; font-weight:bold"><a href="/oil/oil-reserves-by-country/#us">11th</a></span> | Share of World: <span style="font-size:18px; font-weight:bold">2.13 %</span></div> <div style="padding-top:40px "><span style="font-size:20px"><strong>5 years </strong>of oil left </span><br><em>(at current consumption levels) </em> </div></div> </div> </div></div> <div style="clear:both; margin-top:60px"></div> <h3>History of Oil Reserves in the United States</h3> <div id="oil-reserves-chart" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div><script type="text/javascript">Highcharts.setOptions({ lang: { thousandsSep: ',' } }); Highcharts.chart('oil-reserves-chart', { title: { text: 'Proven Oil Reserves' }, subtitle: { text: 'Barrels' }, xAxis: { categories: [ '1980', '1981', '1982', '1983', '1984', '1985', '1986', '1987', '1988', '1989', '1990', '1991', '1992', '1993', '1994', '1995', '1996', '1997', '1998', '1999', '2000', '2001', '2002', '2003', '2004', '2005', '2006', '2007', '2008', '2009', '2010', '2011', '2012', '2013', '2014', '2015', '2016', '2016' ], crosshair: true }, yAxis: { min: 0, title: { text: 'Proven Oil Reserves' } }, credits: { enabled: false }, tooltip: { pointFormat: "{point.y:,.0f} barrels" }, plotOptions: { column: { pointPadding: 0.2, borderWidth: 0 } }, series: [ { type: 'spline', lineWidth: 8, name: 'Reserves of Oil', color: '#b00221', data: [ 31000000000, 31000000000, 31000000000, 29000000000, 29000000000, 30000000000, 30000000000, 28000000000, 29000000000, 28000000000, 28000000000, 28000000000, 26000000000, 25000000000, 24000000000, 24000000000, 24000000000, 23000000000, 24000000000, 22370000000, 23168000000, 23517000000, 23844000000, 24023000000, 23106000000, 22592000000, 23019000000, 22311000000, 22812000000, 20554000000, 22315000000, 25181000000, 28950000000, 33403000000, 36520000000, 39933000000, 35230000000, 35230000000 ] }] });</script><h3 id="oil-consumption">Oil Consumption in the United States </h3><p><em>See also: <a href="/oil/oil-consumption-by-country/"><strong>List of countries by Oil Consumption </strong></a></em></p><div class="spaced"><ul><li>The United States consumes<strong> 19,687,287 barrels per day </strong> (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.</li><li>The United States ranks <a href="/oil/oil-consumption-by-country/#us"><strong>1st</strong></a> in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about<strong> 20.3%</strong> of the <a href="/oil/#oil-consumption">world's total consumption</a> of 97,103,871 barrels per day. </li><li>The United States consumes<strong> 2.51 gallons of oil per capita</strong> every day (based on the 2016 population of 329,179,427 people), or <strong>917 </strong>gallons per capita per year (<strong>22 barrels). </strong><em>[1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]</em></li></ul></div><h3 id="oil-production">Oil Production in the United States </h3><p><em>See also: <a href="/oil/oil-production-by-country/"><strong>List of countries by Oil Production </strong></a></em></p><div class="spaced"><ul><li>The United States <strong>produces 14,837,640 barrels per day </strong>of oil (as of 2016) ranking <a href="/oil/oil-production-by-country/#us"><strong>1st</strong></a> in the world.</li><li>The United States produces every year an amount equivalent to <strong>15.4% of its total proven reserves</strong> (as of 2016).</li></ul></div><h3 id="oil-imports-exports">Oil Imports </h3><div class="spaced"><ul><li>The United States <strong> imports 37% of its oil consumption</strong> (7,259,000 barrels per day in 2016). </li></ul></div> <div style="clear:both; margin-top:60px"></div> <h3>History of Oil Consumption and Production</h3><div id="oil-cons-prod-chart" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto; padding-top:50px"></div><script type="text/javascript">Highcharts.setOptions({ lang: { thousandsSep: ',' } }); Highcharts.chart('oil-cons-prod-chart', { chart: { type: 'column' }, title: { text: 'United States Oil Consumption and Production (barrels per day)' }, xAxis: { categories: [ '1980', '1981', '1982', '1983', '1984', '1985', '1986', '1987', '1988', '1989', '1990', '1991', '1992', '1993', '1994', '1995', '1996', '1997', '1998', '1999', '2000', '2001', '2002', '2003', '2004', '2005', '2006', '2007', '2008', '2009', '2010', '2011', '2012', '2013', '2014', '2016', '2016', '2016' ] }, yAxis: { min: 0, title: { text: 'Oil Consumption and Production' } }, subtitle: { text: 'Barrels per day (B/d)' }, plotOptions: { column: { stacking: 'normal' }, series: { pointPadding: 0.1, groupPadding: 0 } }, credits: {enabled: false}, tooltip: { pointFormat: "{point.y:,.0f} barrels per day" }, series: [ { name: 'Oil Production', color: '#ff8e82', data: [10809000, 10739000, 10783000, 10788000, 11107000, 11192000, 10905000, 10648000, 10473000, 9880000, 9678000, 9883000, 9768000, 9602000, 9413013.699, 9399934.247, 9444382.514, 9460594.521, 9278000, 8993564.384, 9057775.957, 8957008.216, 8998432.877, 8765832.877, 8722267.762, 8327137.027, 8314320.496, 8466320.373, 8563532.538, 9136947.778, 9697985.655, 10150293.38, 11140273.16, 12394191.85, 14155199.95, 14837639.51, 14837639.51, 14837639.51] }, { type: 'spline', name: 'Oil Consumption', color: '#b00221', data: [ 17055861, 16057696, 15295719.97, 15231133.84, 15725153.01, 15725860.27, 16280109.59, 16664495.89, 17282732.24, 17324594.52, 16987991.78, 16713312.33, 17032472.68, 17236747.95, 17718060.27, 17724591.78, 18309079.23, 18620320.55, 18917178.08, 19519304.11, 19701005.46, 19648657.53, 19761254.79, 20033643.84, 20731122.95, 20802087.67, 20687383.56, 20680306.85, 19497967.21, 18771400, 19180249.32, 18886660.27, 18486663.93, 18966863.01, 19100035.62, 19687286.89, 19687286.89, 19687286.89 ] } ] });</script> <div class="row"> <div id="pie_oil" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding-top:40px"></div><script type="text/javascript">Highcharts.chart('pie_oil', { chart: { plotBackgroundColor: null, plotBorderWidth: null, plotShadow: false, type: 'pie' }, title: { text: 'Yearly Oil Production (Consumption + Net Exports) as share of Total Proven Reserves' }, credits: {enabled: false}, tooltip: { pointFormat: '<b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>' }, plotOptions: { pie: { allowPointSelect: true, cursor: 'pointer', dataLabels: { enabled: true, format: '<b>{point.name}</b>: {point.percentage:.1f} %' } } }, series: [{ name: '', colorByPoint: true, data: [{ name: 'Consumption', color: '#003862', y: 7185859714.85 }, { name: 'Net Exports', color: '#FF9900', y: -2649535000 }, { name: 'Proven Reserves Left', color: '#79C6FF', y: 28044140285.15 }] }] });</script></div> <h3 id="sources">See also</h3><ul> <li><a href="/world-population/us-population/">Population of the United States</a></li></ul><h3>Sources</h3><ul> <li><a href="https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html">Statistical Review of World Energy</a> - British Petroleum</li> <li><a href="https://www.eia.gov/">U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)</a></li></ul> </div></div><div class="col-md-4 adright"><div align="center" data-freestar-ad="__300x600" id="worldometers_siderail_right"> <script data-cfasync="false" type="text/javascript"> freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: "worldometers_siderail_right", slotId: "worldometers_siderail_right" }); 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