VOL. XL

No. 51/52

22/29-December-1997

UAE

Abu Dhabi Oil And Gas Statistics

The Abu Dhabi Department of Planning has released some detailed statistics on theemirates oil and gas industry in its recently published Statistical Yearbook 1996.Proven reserves of crude oil are put at 92.2bn barrels (unchanged since 1992) and naturalgas reserves are estimated at 188.4 trillion cu. ft., up from 183 trillion cu. ft. in1995. Crude oil production in 1996 is estimated to have increased by 2.85% to 1,839,000...