VOL. XLIV

No. 22

28-May-2001

SUPPLY/DEMAND

Non-OPEC Producers Provided 60% Of Global Output In 2000 Says EIA

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the US Department of Energy says that non-OPEC countries produced 60% of the worlds oil in 2000. In the May 2001 edition of its Non-OPEC Fact Sheet, the EIA says that, of the top 10 oil producers last year, only three were OPEC members: Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela (see Table below).

Despite the wide diversity of oil suppliers worldwide,...