BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.1
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
The US has been a leader in the world in terms of oil consumption from 2000 to 2019, Trend reports with reference to Eni’s World Oil Review.
The country’s oil consumption stood at 19,999,000 barrels per day in 2000, rising to 21,168,000 barrels per day in 2005.
The volume of oil consumption in the US nosedived to 19.476,000 barrels per day in 2010, recovering to 19,840,000 barrels per day in 2015 and returning back to 2000 level of 19,999,000 barrels per day in 2016.
The upward trend continued in 2017 with oil consumption standing at 20,273,000 barrels per day in 2017 and rising to 20,822,000 barrels per day in 2018 and dropping to 20,794,000 barrels per day in 2019.
The US is followed by China with 13,657,000 barrels per day in 2019, India with 5000,000 barrels per day, Japan with 3,673,000 barrels per day, Russia with 3,551,000 barrels per day, Saudi Arabia with 3,148,000 barrels per day, Brazil with 3,103,000 barrels per day, South Korea with 2,591,000 barrels per day, Canada with 2,502,000 barrels per day and Germany with 2,379,000 barrels per day.
The total oil consumption by world Top 10 stood at 60,398,000 barrels per day in 2019, as compared to 59,532,000 barrels per day in 2018.
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