page_title: Petroleum
section_title: Consumption
hierarchical_section_title: Petroleum / Use by country / Consumption
caption_attribution_description: English: Consumption of crude oil barrels per capita per day by country Oil barrels per person each day&#160;&gt;&#160;0.07&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.07 - 0.05&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.05 - 0.035&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.035 - 0.025&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.025 - 0.02&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.02 - 0.015&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.015 - 0.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.01 - 0.005&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;0.005 - 0.0015&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&lt;&#160;0.0015&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
context_page_description: Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellowish-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface. It is commonly refined into various types of fuels. Components of petroleum are separated using a technique called fractional distillation, i.e. separation of a liquid mixture into fractions differing in boiling point by means of distillation, typically using a fractionating column.
  It consists of naturally occurring hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and may contain miscellaneous organic compounds. The name petroleum covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude oil and petroleum products that are made up of refined crude oil. A fossil fuel, petroleum is formed when large quantities of dead organisms, mostly zooplankton and algae, are buried underneath sedimentary rock and subjected to both intense heat and pressure.
  Petroleum has mostly been recovered by oil drilling. Drilling is carried out after studies of structural geology, sedimentary basin analysis, and reservoir characterisation have been completed.
context_section_description: According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimate for 2011, the world consumes 87.421 million barrels of oil each day.
  This table orders the amount of petroleum consumed in 2011 in thousand barrels (1000 bbl) per day and in thousand cubic metres (1000 m³) per day:
  Source: US Energy Information Administration
  Population Data:
  ¹ peak production of oil already passed in this state
  ² This country is not a major oil producer
caption: Oil consumption per capita (darker colors represent more consumption, gray represents no data) (source: see file description).         > 0.07
     0.07–0.05
     0.05–0.035
     0.035–0.025
     0.025–0.02    0.02–0.015
     0.015–0.01
     0.01–0.005
     0.005–0.0015
      < 0.0015
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