Africa's Top 8 Oil Producers, 2006-2010 -- EIA

by Aaron and David Rachovich

Production of Crude Oil including Lease Condensate (Thousand Barrels Per Day), 2006-2010

Rank	Country	Full Year 2010 Average	Full Year 2009 Average	Full Year 2008 Average	Full Year 2007 Average	Full Year 2006 Average
1.	Nigeria	2,455	2,208	2,165	2,350	2,440
2.	Angola	1,939	1,907	1,981	1,744	1,413
3.	Algeria	1,729	1,741	1,825	1,834	1,814
4.	Libya	1,650	1,650	1,736	1,702	1,681
5.	Egypt	523	539	581	637	633
6.	Sudan	511	483	478	464	378
7.	Equatorial Guinea	298	322	337	345	343
8.	Congo (Brazzaville)	296	268	233	207	242
Top 8 countries		9,401	9,118	9,336	9,283	8,944
Africa total		9,997	9,757	9,989	9,949	9,641
Russia		9,674	9,495	9,357	9,437	9,247
All Countries (World)		74,043	72,259	73,655	72,986	73,428

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics, here.

(Figures above may be updated at any time by EIA. Also, please see our post " World's Top 22 Oil Producers, Full Year 2010 (including OPEC and plus 2009 production)," here. And our post "Top 25 World Oil Consumers, 2009-2010," here. Libya holds the world's 9th largest proven oil reserves and the largest proven oil reserves in Africa, followed by Nigeria, Algeria and Angola---please see Aaron and David Rachovich "World's Top 22 Proven Oil Reserves Holders, Jan 1, 2011," Feb 7, 2011 -- D.R.)