Trinidad and Tobago Oil

Summary Table

Barrels Global Rank
Oil Reserves 728,300,000 #41 in the world
Barrels per dayGlobal Rank
Oil Production 97,726 #50 in the world
Oil Consumption 57,000 #95 in the world
Daily Surplus +40,726
Oil Imports 54,579
Oil Exports 23,196
Net Imports 31,383
(Data shown in the table is for 2016, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Oil Reserves in Trinidad and Tobago

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Trinidad and Tobago holds 728,300,000 barrels of proven oil reserves in the world as of 2016, ranking #41 in the world and accounting for about 0.044% of the world’s total oil reserves of 1,650,585,140,000.

Trinidad and Tobago has proven reserves equivalent to 35 times its annual consumption levels. This means that, without imports, there would be about 35 years of oil left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Oil Reserves
728,300,000 barrels
Global Rank: #41 | Share of World: 0.044%
35 years of oil left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Oil Reserves in Trinidad and Tobago


Oil Consumption in Trinidad and Tobago

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  • Trinidad and Tobago consumes 57,000 barrels per day (B/d) of oil as of the year 2016.

  • Trinidad and Tobago ranks #95 in the world for oil consumption, accounting for about 0.059% of the world’s total consumption of 97,103,871 barrels per day.

  • Trinidad and Tobago consumes 1.67 gallons of oil per capita every day (based on the 2016 population of 1,437,026 people), or 608 gallons per capita per year (14 barrels). [1 barrel = 42 US Gallons]

Oil Production in Trinidad and Tobago

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  • Trinidad and Tobago produces 97,726 barrels per day of oil (as of 2016) ranking #50 in the world.

  • Trinidad and Tobago produces every year an amount equivalent to 4.9% of its total proven reserves (as of 2016).

Oil Imports

  • Trinidad and Tobago imports 55% of its oil consumption (31,383 barrels per day in 2016).

History of Oil Consumption and Production


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