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Commercial energy use	1,189.74		[64th of 119]
Electric power consumption > kWh	31,594,000,000 kWh		[55th 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
Electric power transmission and distribution losses > % of output	6.25 %		[103rd of 131]
DEFINITION: Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	98.4%		[77th 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	1.6%		[130th 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%		[88th 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 from hydroelectric sources > kwh	493,000,000 kWh		[93rd of 117]
DEFINITION: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gasoline prices	0.05		[140th 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: World Development Indicators database
Hydroelectricity consumption	0.3		[112nd of 213]
DEFINITION: Figures for year 2003 in billion kilowatthours
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
imports, net > % of energy use	-247.65 %		[114th of 130]
DEFINITION: Net energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.		View time series
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration
Natural gas reserves	3,149,000,000,000 cubic feet		[7th of 72]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Oil exports > Net	1,560,000 barrels per day		[7th of 32]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Oil production in 1972	1,466 thousand barrels / day		[10th of 36]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Oil production in 1992	531 thousand barrels / day		[27th of 47]
SOURCE: BP
Oil Proved reserves > Thousand million barrels	115		[3rd of 47]
DEFINITION: Oil: Proved reserves, Thousand million barrels, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE: BP
Oil reserves	112,500,000,000 barrels		[4th 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: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
use > kt of oil equivalent	29,748 kt of oil equivalent		[44th of 132]
DEFINITION: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.		View time series
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Wall plugs > Frequency	50 HZ		[43rd of 151]
DEFINITION: PowerStream
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Wall plugs > Plug type "Europe, UK"
DEFINITION: PowerStream
Wall plugs > Voltage	230 V		[97th of 209]
DEFINITION: PowerStream

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