Energy in the United Arab Emirates describes energy

World energy resources and consumption

]World energy consumption in 2010: over 5% growthEnergy markets have combined crisis recovery and strong industry dynamism. Energy consumption in the G20 soared by more than 5% in 2010, after the slight decrease of 2009. This strong increase is the result of two converging trends...

 and electricity

Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...

 production, consumption and import in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

 (UAE). UAE has 7 % of global proved oil reserves, about 100 billion barrels.

Overview

Energy in United Arab Emirates
	Capita	Prim. energy	Production	Export	Electricity	CO2-emission
	Million	TWh	TWh	TWh	TWh	Mt
2004	4.32	510	1,907	1,273	49.0	103
2007	4.37	601	2,074	1,267	70.5	131
2008	4.48	680	2,100	1,196	75.8	147
2009	4.60	693	1,963	1,084	79.5	147
Change 2004-2009	6.5 %	36.0 %	2.9 %	-14.8 %	62.5 %	42.6 %
Mtoe = 11.63 TWh, Prim. energy includes energy losses

Oil production

In June 2010 UAE had 6th top global proved oil reserves about 100 billion barrels, behind Saudi Arabia

Energy in Saudi Arabia

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, Venezuela

Energy in Venezuela

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, Iran

Energy in Iran

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, Iraq

Energy in Iraq

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 and Kuwait

Energy in Kuwait

Kuwait was 9. top oil producer 2009. Kuwait is a member of OPEC. In four years 2004-2008 the population growth of Kuwait was 11 % and the energy export grew 16 %...

. The crude oil production of UAE was more than 4 and less than 5 thousand barrels daily.

UAE was 4th top crude oil net exporter (108 Mt in 2008) and 10th top crude oil producers (120 Mt in 2009).

Gas

UAE has 7th top global proved natural gas reserves, above 6 trillion cubic metres. The global gas production in 2009 was 3 trillion cubic meters.

Nuclear

Despite being a large oil exporter, the UAE is installing nuclear power plants to meet its energy needs. It has signed an agreement with the U.S. on nuclear cooperation, and is also a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

See also

• Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates
  Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates
  Oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates, according to its government, are about , almost as big as Kuwait's claimed reserves. Of the emirates, Abu Dhabi has most of the oil with while Dubai has and Sharjah has . Most of the oil is in the Zakum field which is the third largest in the Middle East...