This list of oil fields includes some major oil fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 65,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world. However, 94% of known oil is concentrated in fewer than 1500 giant and major fields. Most of the world's largest oilfields are located in the Middle East, but there are also supergiant (>10 billion bbls) oilfields in Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
Amounts given are estimated ultimate recoverable resources (proved reserves plus cumulative production), given current technology, in barrels. Oil shale reserves (perhaps 3 trillion barrels (4.8×1011 m3)) and non-conventional sources are not included in this chart. Coal (which can be converted to liquid petroleum) is also not included in this chart.
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