Key Takeaways
- 1.8 million barrels per day of new capacity was added globally in 2023 (upstream), per IEA estimates from OMR and related upstream supply updates.
- 14.7 million barrels per day of OPEC crude capacity was held by OPEC Member Countries as ‘call on OPEC’ buffer capacity in 2023, per OPEC monthly report capacity discussion.
- 57.0% of the increase in global oil supply between 2021 and 2023 came from non-OPEC producers, per IEA Oil Market Report supply breakdown.
- 1.1% year-over-year growth was reported for global crude oil production in 2023, per EIA’s annual international production datasets.
- 97.8 million barrels per day of crude oil and condensate were produced globally on average in 2023, per OECD/IEA Oil Market Report aggregates used in downstream monitoring datasets.
- 8.3 million barrels per day of crude oil were produced in the United States in 2023 (annual average), per U.S. Energy Information Administration international statistics tables and annual averages compilation (EIA International Energy Statistics).
- 3.4% of oil production comes from enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects globally, per IEA oil sector EOR discussions and SPE EOR benchmark summaries.
- 12.3% of global oil production is from offshore developments, based on IEA offshore supply shares in OMR sector breakdowns.
- 1.7 million active oil and gas wells worldwide are reported in Global Energy Statistical Yearbook datasets used by energy system studies.
- Oil production is estimated to generate about 0.3–1.0 kg of flaring-related CO2e per barrel in field-typical flaring ranges, according to IPCC AR6 WGIII synthesis for flaring intensity assumptions.
- 2,300% higher global warming potential over 100 years is used for methane relative to CO2 in IPCC AR6 for climate-impact conversion.
- Global gas flaring intensity averaged around 2.0% of associated gas volume flared in 2022 (Orinoco-style intensity ranges; global average shown in World Bank GGFR dashboards).
- $1.0 trillion is the estimated cumulative spending on oil and gas methane abatement and monitoring that the IEA suggests by 2030 for alignment pathways.
- $10–$20 per barrel is a commonly cited range for lifting costs in conventional oil fields (excluding major taxes), based on IEA and industry cost curve summaries.
- $2.2 trillion was global upstream capex for oil and gas companies in 2023, according to IEA World Energy Investment and upstream spending summaries.
In 2023, new upstream capacity rose, crude output grew modestly, and non OPEC supply drove most added production.
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