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Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates

Coordinates: 24°58′29″N 53°40′47″E / 24.97472°N 53.67972°E / 24.97472; 53.67972
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Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates, according to its government, are about 107 billion barrels, almost as big as Kuwait's claimed reserves.[1] Of the emirates, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi has most of the oil with 92 billion barrels (14.6×10^9 m3) while the Emirate of Dubai has 4 billion barrels (640×10^6 m3) and the Emirate of Sharjah has 1.5 billion barrels (240×10^6 m3).[2] Most of the oil is in the Zakum field which is the third largest in the Middle East with an estimated 66 billion barrels (10.5×10^9 m3). The UAE produces about 2.9 million barrels per day (460×10^3 m3/d) of total oil liquids.

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  1. ^ "OPEC : United Arab Emirates".
  2. ^ "On The future of energy and resource security in the UAE".


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