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Commercial energy use	142.43		[120th of 119]
Electric power consumption > kWh	19,428,000,000 kWh		[64th of 132]
DEFINITION: Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.		View time series
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	93.7%		[87th of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro	6.3%		[117th of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear	0%		[63rd of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gasoline prices	0.75		[104th of 141]
DEFINITION: Ratio of premium gasoline price to world average Units: Ratio of Gasoline Price to World Average Units: Pump price for super gasoline (US$ per liter): Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of gasoline. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars, and the ratio of the gas price to the world average in the same time period was used in order to normalize the data. For more information, see World Development Indicators, Table 3.12.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Heating value > Gross calorific value of natural gas by source of production	36,000		[10th of 11]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org
Hydroelectricity consumption	1.11		[93rd of 213]
DEFINITION: Figures for year 2003 in billion kilowatthours
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Heating value
Hydroelectricity Consumption > Terawatt-hours	1.2		[51st of 57]
DEFINITION: Hydroelectricity: Consumption, Terawatt-hours, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration
Natural gas reserves	150,300,000,000 cubic feet		[32nd of 72]
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Oil Consumption > Million tonnes	4.2		[60th of 63]
DEFINITION: Oil: Consumption, Million tonnes, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Oil Consumption > Thousand barrels daily	86		[60th of 63]
DEFINITION: Oil: Consumption, Thousand barrels daily, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Oil imports > Net	68,800 barrels per day		[19th of 21]
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Oil refining ability	33,000 barrels per day		[46th of 51]
DEFINITION: Crude oil refining capacity
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Oil reserves	28,450,000 barrels		[76th of 97]
DEFINITION: According to Web definitions the term refers to the total amount of petroleum (oil) discovered in any given oil field or nation. Thus it can be said that Kuwait has xxxx millions of barrels (mb) of oil in the ground. However, the exact amount can never be known, simply because of the difficulty in sensing or "seeing" beneath the surface of the Earth. The term Proven Reserve or PR refers to an amount of oil that is generally accepted by geologists to be the actual amount of petroleum in the ground.
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Primary Energy Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent	16.6		[58th of 63]
DEFINITION: Primary Energy: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Traditional fuel consumption	46%		[42nd of 130]
DEFINITION: Traditional fuel consumption as a % of total energy use.
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Wall plugs > Frequency	50 HZ		[54th of 151]
DEFINITION: PowerStream
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Wall plugs > Plug type UK
DEFINITION: PowerStream
Wall plugs > Voltage	220 V		[122nd of 209]
DEFINITION: PowerStream

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