According to statistics taken in 2006, The United States consumes 20,588 barrels of crude oil per day. Send to the USA, China consumes 7,274 barrels of crude oil per day. Japan consumes 5,222, Russia consumes 3,103, Germany consumes 2,630, India consumes 2,534, Canada consumes 2,218, Brazil consumes 2,183, South Korea consumes 2,157, Saudi Arabia (OPEC) consumes 2,068, Mexico consumes 2,030, France consumes 1,972, United Kingdom consumes 1,816, Italy consumes 1,709 and Iran (OPEC) consumes 1,627 barrels of crude oil per day. Together this equals 59,131 barrels of crude oil per day.
Newly highlighted extra heavy oil resources, such as the Orinoco oil belt north of the Orinoco River in eastern Venezuela, the Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta Canada and Utah's Tar Sand Resource, have been gaining our attention. It is estimated that he Athabasca Oil Sands in Alberta Canada, the second largest tar sand oil reserve in the world has 175 billion barrels of crude oil. http://fuelstudies.com/