• Coal reserves - BP Statistical Review (2016)

  • Entity Year Coal Reserves (BP Statistical Review (2016)) Share of global coal reserves (%) (BP Statistical Review (2016))
    Zimbabwe 2015 502.0 0.1
    South Africa 2015 30,156.0 3.4
    Serbia 2015 13,411.0 2.5
    Russia 2015 157,010.0 18.6
    Romania 2015 291.0 0
    Poland 2015 5,465.0 1.6
    Pakistan 2015 2,070.0 0.2
    Other Latin America & the Caribbean 2015 786.0 0.1
    Other Europe & Central Asia 2015 6,882.0 1.8
    Other Asia & Pacific 2015 1,788.0 0.2
    South Korea 2015 126.0 0
    Spain 2015 530.0 0.1
    World 2015 891,531.0 100.0
    Vietnam 2015 150.0 0
    Venezuela 2015 479.0 0.1
    Uzbekistan 2015 1,900.0 0.2
    United States 2015 237,295.0 27.6
    United Kingdom 2015 228.0 0
    Ukraine 2015 33,873.0 4.8
    Turkey 2015 8,702.0 1.0
    Thailand 2015 1,239.0 0.1
    Other Africa 2015 1,156.0 0.1
    North America 2015 245,088.0 28.5
    New Zealand 2015 571.0 0.1
    Germany 2015 40,548.0 5.5
    Europe & Central Asia 2015 310,538.0 35.8
    Czech Republic 2015 1,052.0 0.1
    Colombia 2015 6,746.0 1.8
    China 2015 114,500.0 13.8
    Canada 2015 6,582.0 1.7
    Bulgaria 2015 2,366.0 0.3
    Brazil 2015 6,630.0 1.7
    Australia 2015 76,400.0 9.6
    Greece 2015 3,020.0 0.3
    Hungary 2015 1,660.0 0.2
    Mongolia 2015 2,520.0 0.3
    Middle East & Africa 2015 32,936.0 4.7
    Middle East 2015 1,122.0 0.1
    Mexico 2015 1,211.0 0.1
    Latin America & the Caribbean 2015 14,641.0 2.6
    Kazakhstan 2015 33,600.0 4.8
    Japan 2015 347.0 0
    Indonesia 2015 28,017.0 3.1
    India 2015 60,600.0 7.8
    Asia & Pacific 2015 288,328.0 32.3
  • The definition of 'proven reserves' is taken to be the following: "Generally taken to be those quantities that geological and engineering information indicates with reasonable certainty can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. The data series for total proved coal does not necessarily meet the definitions, guidelines and practices used for determining proved reserves at company level, for instance as published by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, nor does it necessarily represent BP’s view of proved reserves by country."
  • Sources

    Data Published By: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2016

    Data publisher source:

    Link: https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/statistical-review-2016/bp-statistical-review-of-world-energy-2016-full-report.pdf

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