Definitions

Statistics published in this Review are taken from government sources and published data.

No use is made of confidential information obtained by BP in the course of its business

Country groupings are made purely for statistical purposes and are not intended to imply any judgement about political or economic standings.

North America:

US (excluding Puerto Rico), Canada and Mexico.

South and Central America:

Caribbean (including Puerto Rico), Central and South America.

Europe:

European members of the OECD plus Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Gibraltar, Malta, Romania, Serbia and Montengro, Slovenia.

Former Soviet Union:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Europe and Eurasia:

All countries listed above under the headings Europe and the Former Soviet Union

Middle East:

Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria.

North Africa:

Territories on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to Western Sahara.

West Africa:

Territories on the west coast of Africa from Mauritania to Angola, including Cape Verde, Chad

East and Southern Africa:

Territories on the east coast of Africa from Sudan to Republic of South Africa. Also Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Asia Pacific:

Brunei, Cambodia, China, China Hong Kong SAR*, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Oceania.

*Special Administrative Region

Australasia:

Australia, New Zealand.

OECD members (Organization For Economic Co-operation and Development)

Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom. Other member countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, USA.

OPEC members (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Middle East: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. North Africa: Algeria, Libya. West Africa: Angola, Nigeria. Asia Pacific: Indonesia. South America: Ecuador, Venezuela.

European Union members

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,  Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK.

Other EMEs (Emerging Market Economies)

South and Central America, Africa, Middle East, Non-OECD Asia and Non-OECD Europe.

Methodology

The primary energy values of both nuclear and hydroelectric power generation have

been derived by calculating the equivalent amount of fossil fuel required to generate

the same volume of electricity in a thermal power station, assuming a conversion

efficiency of 38% (the average for OECD thermal power generation).

Percentages:  Calculated before rounding of actuals.

Rounding differences:  Because of rounding, some totals may not agree exactly with the sum of their component parts.

Tonnes:  Metric equivalent of tons