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Table D.14: Evolution of the world's oil production.- continued from previous
page.

Year Mt oil Year Mt oil Year Mt oil Year Mt oil

1918 69.1 1946 383.4 1974 2875.2 2002 3575.6

1919 79.3 1947 423.2 1975 2734.4 2003 3701.3

1920 99.8 1948 477.5 1976 2969.0 2004 3862.6

1921 113.1 1949 475.1 1977 3073.2 2005 3896.8

1922 124.1 1950 530.2 1978 3103.1 2006 3914.1

1923 146.9 1951 600.9 1979 3233.1 2007 3901.4

1924 146.1 1952 632.6 1980 3087.9 2008 3934.7

1953 668.5 1981 2910.0 2009 3820.5

1925 154.1

1926 157.4 1954 699.0 1982 2795.6

1927 181.7 1955 774.5 1983 2759.2

D.6.4 Natural gas

Table D.15 shows the world's natural gas production from 1900 to 2009. The data
from 1970 to 2006 has been extracted from BP (2011). Until 1920, the information
has been estimated from US natural gas production, which is a compilation of data
from the “Espasa” encyclopedia (ESPASA, 1986) between 1900 - 1921. Between
1921 and 1970, the data was obtained from the British Geological Survey's historical
statistics (IMRB, Various years (1913-1923; II, Various years (1924 - 1947; CGS,
Various years (1948-1955; OGS, Various years (1956 - 1964; IGS, Various years
(1965 - 1971). For 1945-1947, a linear increasing rate has been assumed due to a
lack of data.

Table D.15: Evolution of the world's natural gas production. Data in billions
of cubic metres

Year World Prod. Year World Prod. Year World Prod.

1900 3.5 1937 72.5 1974 1201.5

1901 5.0 1938 75.2 1975 1203.3

1902 5.9 1939 80.5 1976 1252.9

1903 6.7 1940 80.4 1977 1301.5

1904 7.3 1941 112.2 1978 1347.3

1905 7.5 1942 91.1 1979 1438.0

1906 10.8 1943 98.9 1980 1448.5

1907 11.5 1944 106.6 1981 1475.8

1908 11.2 1945 121.1 1982 1478.0

1909 13.4 1946 135.6 1983 1483.2

1910 14.6 1947 150.1 1984 1614.9

1911 14.7 1948 164.6 1985 1666.7

1912 15.8 1949 175.6 1986 1713.6

1913 16.2 1950 184.1 1987 1798.7

1914 16.5 1951 239.0 1988 1882.4

1952 257.1 1989 1943.3

1915 17.6

1916 21.0 1953 270.1 1990 1991.8

1917 22.1 1954 295.9 1991 2023.7

1918 20.3 1955 323.6 1992 2037.0

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