Chad Oil

Oil Reserves in Chad (2025)

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Chad holds 1,500,000,000 barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2025, ranking #38 in the world and accounting for about 0.085% of the world's total oil reserves of 1,765,151,568,000.

Chad has proven reserves equivalent to 309.4 times its annual consumption levels (based on 2024 data). This means that, without net exports, there would be about 309 years of oil left (at 2024 consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

History of Oil Reserves in Chad

Oil Consumption in Chad (2024)

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• Chad consumes 13,284 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2024.
• Chad ranks #155 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.013% of the world's total consumption of 102,559,503 barrels per day.
• Chad consumes 0.03 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2024 population of 20,299,123 people), or 10 gallons per capita per year (0 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Chad (2024)

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• Chad produces 127,254 barrels per day of oil (as of 2024) ranking #40 in the world.
• At 2024 production levels, Chad produces every year about 3.1% of its proven reserves ( 2025).

Oil Exports (2018)

• In 2018, Chad exported 88% of its oil production (116,000 barrels per day out of 131,515 produced).

History of Oil Consumption and Production