JUNE 1999 · VOLUME 20· NUMBER 6


ENERGY FOLLIES

 

The World's Top State-Owned
Carbon Producers -- 1997

 

Rank  Company

1. Saudi Aramco    
2. China National Coal   
3. National Iranian Oil  
4 . PDVSA      
5. Pemex  
6. Coal India Ltd.    
7 . China Nat'l Petroleum  
8.  Sonatrach 
9 . SHCA-Poland  
10. Kuwait Petroleum   
11. Rosugol   
12. Abu Dhabi National Oil     
13.  Pertamina    
14.  Nigerian Nat'l Petroleum      
15. National Oil (Libya)   
16. Iraq National Oil   
17. Ukrainian Coal Industry Ministry
18. PetroBras  
19. Qatar Gen'l Petroleum  

Top 20 Total  
World Total 
Percent of World

Carbon (MMT)

418.60
333.56
187.80
177.50
177.30  
159.30
135.50
98.10 
89.45 
89.65 
88.54 
75.17
72.20
63.70
57.25 
55.64
44.96  
44.70 
41.85

2450 
6232 
40%

Quads*

 21.130
12.959
9.757 
9.147
9.264  
6.191 
2.17
5.715  
3.475 
4.490
3.439  
1.21
4.129  
3.190
2.900
2.786
1.747 
2.414  
2.255  

118
327
36%

% of World

6.72
5.35
3.01
2.85
2.85
2.56
6.894
1.57
1.45
1.44
1.42
4.089
1.16
1.02
0.92
0.89
0.72
0.72
0.67



*Quads stands for quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) and measures the energy content of the fuel. For comparison, U.S. fossil fuel consumption in 1997 was 80 Quads, releasing 1480 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon.