Yemen

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Yemen is a minor oil and gas producer. The country is located along the Bab al Mandab, a strategic world oil shipping route.
Yemen seeks to attract more foreign investment to boost exploration efforts and reverse its declining crude oil production.
Yemen began exporting LNG in November 2009. Development of its natural gas resources is expected to increase.

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		30 Year History	Yemen	Middle East	World	Rank	Yemen
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	163.42	26,872	87,093	42
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	162.08	24,035	74,080	40
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	177.00	7,888	87,421	60	^F
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-13.58	18,984	--	99	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	140	7,245	88,097	72	140
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	3.00	753	NA	28	3.00
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		29 Year History	Yemen	Middle East	World	Rank	Yemen
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	220	15,937	111,346	48	NA
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	34	13,277	112,864	88	NA
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	187	3,806	--	72	NA
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	17	2,658	NA	28	17
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2009				2010
			Yemen	Middle East	World	Rank	Yemen
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	1	7,546	61	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	16	7,318	116	0.000
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	-15	--	87	0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
			Yemen	Middle East	World	Rank	Yemen
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	6.34	763	19,071	107	7.29
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	4.70	656	17,360	113	5.51
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.33	185	4,843	116	1.33
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2008				2009
			Yemen	Middle East	World	Rank	Yemen
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	.625	68	489	61	0.626
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.320	26	491	83	0.354
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5,320	10,820	7,454	106	5,619
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
			Yemen	Middle East	World	Rank	Yemen
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	26.80	1,708	29,778	78	26.50