Table 2

 Table 2. Oil and Gas in the South China Sea – Comparison with other Regions 

Proven Oil Reserves (Billion Barrels)  Proven Gas Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet) Oil Production (Barrels/Day)  Gas Production (Billion Cubic Feet) 
Caspian Sea Region
15.4-29.0
236- 337
1,000,000
2846
Gulf of Mexico (U.S.)
2.7
29.4
1,014,000
5100
North Sea Region
16.8
156.6
6,200,000
7981
Persian Gulf
674.5
1718
19,226,000
5887
South China Sea
7.5
145.5
1,367,000
2323
West Africa/Gulf of Guinea * 
21.5
126.3
3,137,000
200 (est.)

*Region stretching from Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to Angola
Proved reserves as of 1/1/98; 1997 production (Gulf of Mexico reserves 1/1/97; production 1996)
 Source: “South China Sea Region,”  US Energy Information Administration, Country Analysis Briefs, August 1999

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