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BP Global Review of World Energy: 2007 Coal Reserves (Table)
By Terry Barrett
June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a comparison of proved coal reserves according to the BP Annual Statistical Review of World Energy:
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Anthracite Sub-bituminous Share of R/P
bituminous and Lignite Total Total ratio**
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Total World 430,896 416,592 847,488 100.0% 133
OECD 162,490 194,420 356,910 42.1% 168
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North America 116,592 133,918 250,510 29.6% 224
U.S. 112,261 130,460 242,721 28.6% 234
Canada 3,471 3,107 6,578 0.8% 95
Mexico 860 351 1,211 0.1% 99
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S. & Cent. America 7,229 9,047 16,276 1.9% 188
Brazil n/a 7,068 7,068 0.8% n/a
Colombia 6,578 381 6,959 0.8% 97
Venezuela 479 n/a 479 0.1% 60
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Anthracite Sub-bituminous Share of R/P
bituminous and Lignite Total Total ratio**
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Other 172 1,598 1,770 0.2% n/a
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Europe & Eurasia 102,042 170,204 272,246 32.1% 224
Bulgaria 5 1,991 1,996 0.2% 66
Czech Republic 1,673 2,828 4,501 0.5% 72
Germany 152 6,556 6,708 0.8% 33
Greece n/a 3,900 3,900 0.5% 62
Hungary 199 3,103 3,302 0.4% 336
Kazakhstan 28,170 3,130 31,300 3.7% 332
Poland 6,012 1,490 7,502 0.9% 51
Romania 12 410 422 n/a 12
Russian Federation 49,088 107,922 157,010 18.5% 500
Spain 200 330 530 0.1% 29
Turkey n/a 1,814 1,814 0.2% 24
Ukraine 15,351 18,522 33,873 4.0% 444
U.K. 155 n/a 155 n/a 9
Other 1,025 18,208 19,233 2.3% 278
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Anthracite Sub-bituminous Share of R/P
bituminous and Lignite Total Total ratio**
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Africa & Middle East 50,817 174 50,991 6.0% 186
South Africa 48,000 n/a 48,000 5.7% 178
Zimbabwe 502 n/a 502 0.1% 237
Other Africa 929 174 1,103 0.1% n/a
Middle East 1,386 n/a 1,386 0.2% n/a
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Asia Pacific 154,216 103,249 257,465 30.4% 70
Australia 37,100 39,500 76,600 9.0% 194
China 62,200 52,300 114,500 13.5% 45
India 52,240 4,258 56,498 6.7% 118
Indonesia 1,721 2,607 4,328 0.5% 25
Japan 355 n/a 355 n/a 249
New Zealand 33 538 571 0.1% 124
North Korea 300 300 600 0.1% 20
Pakistan 1 1,981 1,982 0.2% n/a
South Korea n/a 135 135 n/a 47
Thailand n/a 1,354 1,354 0.2% 74
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Anthracite Sub-bituminous Share of R/P
bituminous and Lignite Total Total ratio**
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Vietnam 150 n/a 150 n/a 4
Other Asia Pacific 115 276 391 n/a 29
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NOTE: Figures are in million tonnes.
Proved reserves of coal - Generally taken to be those quantities
that geological and engineering information indicates with reasonable
certainty can be recovered in the future from known deposits under
existing economic and operating conditions.
** = Reserves/Production (R/P) ratio - If the reserves remaining at the
end of the year are divided by the production in that year, the
result is the length of time that those remaining reserves would last if
production were to continue at that level.
Because of rounding some totals may not agree exactly with the
sum of their component parts.
SOURCE: BP Annual Statistical Review of World Energy
To contact the reporter on this story: Terry Barrett in Washington at tbarrett1@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: June 11, 2008 11:57 EDT
