Oil and Gas Data, 1932-2014

Data source: Michael Ross and Paasha Mahdavi

Global dataset of oil and natural gas production, prices, exports, and net exports. These data are based on the best available information about the volume and value of oil and natural gas production in all countries from 1932 to 2014. The volume figures are from the documents listed in the original source; to calculate the total value of production, the author multiplies the volume by the world price for oil or gas. Since these are world prices for a single (benchmark) type of oil/gas, they only approximate the actual price - which varies by country according to the quality, the terms of contracts, the timing of the transactions, and other factors. These figures do not tell how much revenues were collected by governments or companies - only the approximate volume and value of production. Data on oil production from 1946 to 1969, and gas production from 1955 (when it first was reported) to 1969, are from the US Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook, for various years.

Dataset type
Time-Series
Dataset level
Country
Last updated by source
2015-09-24

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• Ross, M., & Mahdavi, P. (2015). Oil and gas data, 1932-2014. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ZTPW0Y

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Gas exports, billion cubic feet per year.

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Net gas exports value, measured in constant 2000 US dollars to adjust for inflation.

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Net gas exports value per capita, measured in constant 2000 dollars.

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Constant price of gas in 2000 dollar/dollars per million British Thermal Units of natural gas.

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Gas production measured in million barrels of oil equivalent.

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Gas production value in 2000 dollars
QoG code: ross_gas_value_2000

Gas production value in 2000 dollars.

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Gas production value in 2014 dollars
QoG code: ross_gas_value_2014

Gas production value in constant 2014 US dollars to adjust for inflation.

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Oil exports, thousands of barrels per day.

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Net oil exports value measured in constant 2000 US dollars to adjust for inflation.

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Net oil exports value per capita measured in constant 2000 dollars.

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Constant price of oil in 2000 dollar/barrel

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Oil production in metric tons
QoG code: ross_oil_prod

Oil production in metric tons.

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Oil production value in 2000 dollars
QoG code: ross_oil_value_2000

Oil production value in 2000 dollars.

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Oil production value in 2014 dollars
QoG code: ross_oil_value_2014

Oil production value in constant 2014 US dollars to adjust for inflation.

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