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Commercial energy use	26,772.6		[1st of 119]
Electric generation ability	1,500,000 killowatts		[22nd of 32]
Electric power consumption > kWh	12,317,000,000 kWh		[73rd 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
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	100%		[41st 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	0%		[197th 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%		[149th 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
Hydroelectricity consumption	0		[162nd of 213]
DEFINITION: Figures for year 2003 in billion kilowatthours
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural gas reserves	17,930,000,000,000 cubic feet		[3rd of 72]
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration
Oil Consumption > Million tonnes	3.3		[62nd 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	84		[61st 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 exports > Net	746,777 barrels per day		[13th of 32]
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Oil production in 1972	482 thousand barrels / day		[16th of 36]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Oil production in 1992	495 thousand barrels / day		[29th of 47]
SOURCE: BP
Oil refining ability	57,500 barrels per day		[44th of 51]
DEFINITION: Crude oil refining capacity
SOURCE: BP
Oil reserves	16,000,000,000 barrels		[16th 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
OPEC > About OPEC > OPEC Quotas and Production > Capacity	850,000		[10th of 10]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Primary Energy Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent	16.9		[57th of 63]
DEFINITION: Primary Energy: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE: Wikipedia: OPEC
Wall plugs > Frequency	50 HZ		[40th of 151]
DEFINITION: PowerStream
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Wall plugs > Plug type UK
DEFINITION: PowerStream
Wall plugs > Voltage	240 V		[9th of 209]
DEFINITION: PowerStream

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