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. 2024 Mar 14;15:2318. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-46340-6

Table 2.

Regional distribution of unburnable conventional oil resources in exclusions zones

Region Conventional oil resources (Gbbl) Unburnable conventional oil resources
Gbbl %
Africa 298.6 83.3 27.9%
Australia and other OECD Pacific 20.4 7.7 37.5%
Canada 23.4 0.6 2.4%
China and India 88.2 22.2 25.2%
Russia and former Soviet states 343.5 45.5 13.3%
Central and South America 319.0 117.8 36.9%
Europe 77.7 12.9 16.6%
Middle East 648.1 168.5 26.0%
Other Developing Asia 54.9 42.6 77.6%
USA 401.9 107.7 26.8%
Global 2275.8 608.8 26.8%

Conventional oil resources (total and unburnable) in each region are expressed in gigabarrels (Gbbl). See Supplementary Table 2 for the countries included in each region.