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Energy Stats: compare key data on Soviet Union & United States

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STAT Soviet Union United States HISTORY
Coal > Exports 25.96 million ton
Ranked 5th.
38.27 million ton
Ranked 7th. 47% more than Soviet Union

Coal > Production 413.98 million ton
Ranked 3rd.
531.82 million ton
Ranked 2nd. 28% more than Soviet Union

Coal > Recoverable > Reserves 104 billion ton
Ranked 2nd.
112.26 billion ton
Ranked 1st. 8% more than Soviet Union

Coal > Total known > Reserves 130 billion ton
Ranked 4th.
244.31 billion ton
Ranked 1st. 88% more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Exports 19.41 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 62% more than United States
12 billion kWh
Ranked 15th.

Electricity > Hydro > Production 235 billion kWh
Ranked 3rd.
290.42 billion kWh
Ranked 4th. 24% more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Imports 70 million kWh
Ranked 47th.
59.26 billion kWh
Ranked 1st. 847 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Net > Production 1.61 trillion kWh
Ranked 2nd.
4.08 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Nuclear > Production 212 billion kWh
Ranked 3rd.
810.73 billion kWh
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Power plant capacity > Geothermal 11,000 kW
Ranked 14th.
3.13 million kW
Ranked 1st. 284 times more than Soviet Union

Electricity > Thermal > Production 1.27 trillion kWh
Ranked 2nd.
3.15 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Soviet Union

Gas-diesel oils > Imports 69,000 ton
Ranked 100th.
11.72 million ton
Ranked 4th. 170 times more than Soviet Union

Kerosene > Imports 826,000 ton
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than United States
328,000 ton
Ranked 12th.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas > Exports 739,000 ton
Ranked 9th.
1.83 million ton
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Soviet Union

Motor Gasoline > Motor gasoline- energy balance requirement -14,000 ton
Ranked 138th.
38.42 million ton
Ranked 1st.

Coal > Additional resources 2.1 trillion ton
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United States
445.35 billion ton
Ranked 1st.

Coal > Total resources in place 2.23 trillion ton
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States
689.66 billion ton
Ranked 1st.

Hard Coal Briquettes > Energy balance requirement -28,000 ton
Ranked 10th.
-4,450,000 ton
Ranked 10th. 159 times more than Soviet Union

Hard Coal Briquettes > Changes in stocks 28,000 ton
Ranked 1st.
164,000 ton
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Soviet Union

Bitumen Asphalt > Exports 147,000 ton
Ranked 9th.
650,000 ton
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Soviet Union

Bitumen Asphalt > Energy balance requirement -147,000 ton
Ranked 81st.
2.21 million ton
Ranked 1st.

Petroleum Coke > Imports 391,000 ton
Ranked 6th.
1.57 million ton
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Soviet Union

Gas-diesel oils > Energy balance requirement -17,958,000 ton
Ranked 173th. 7 times more than United States
-2,751,000 ton
Ranked 191st.

Natural gas > Including LNG > Conversion in thermal power plants 8.41 million Terajoules
Ranked 1st. 17% more than United States
7.19 million Terajoules
Ranked 1st.

Petroleum Waxes > Gross inland availability 1.52 million ton
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than United States
721,000 ton
Ranked 3rd.

Gas-diesel oils > Exports 17.96 million ton
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States
6.82 million ton
Ranked 12th.

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