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Tables
Table 1B.1. Energy Resources for Selected Countries, 1999
Table 1B.2. Energy Reserves for Selected Countries, 2005
Table 1B.3. Coal Resources by Type of Coal, End of 1995
Table 1B.4. Sulfur Content and Distribution of Coal by Type and Region, 1995
Table 1B.5. Reserve Base of Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas by Province, 2006
Table 1B.6. Undiscovered Oil Resources and Recoverable Resources by Region and Basin, 2006 (Gt)
Table 1B.7. Oil Resources and Proved Reserves by Basin, 1999
Table 1B.8. Undiscovered Natural Gas Resources by Region and Basin (billion m3), 2006
Table 1B.9. Natural Gas Resources and Proved Reserves by Basin, 1999
Table 1B.10. Exploitable Hydropower Resources by Province, 1980
Table 1C.1. Energy Reserves for Selected Countries, 1999
Table 1C.2. Estimated Coal Resources by Province and Type, 1995
Figures
Figure 1B.1. World Energy Reserves, 2005
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Table 1B.1. Energy Resources for Selected Countries, 1999
1. Physical Units
Coal[2]
Country
China
India
Japan
USA
Russian Federation
World
Subtotal
(Gt)
898.99
312.91
8.27
1,136.51
5,487.00
11,228.27
Proved Amount
in Place
(Gt)
231.09
222.89
8.27
417.57
287.00
2,631.26
Estimated
Additional
Amount
(Gt)
667.90
90.02
Crude Oil[3]
(Gt)
718.94
5,200.00
8,597.01
Natural Gas[3]
(billion m3)
38,000
122.46
Hydroelectricity[4]
(TWh/year)
5,920
2,638
718
4,485
2,800
40,704
Uranium[5]
(kt U)
1,770
108
7
2,962
1,282
16,459
Hydroelectricity[4]
14.5%
6.5%
1.8%
11.0%
6.9%
100.0%
Uranium[5]
10.8%
0.7%
<0.05%
18.0%
7.8%
100.0%
2. Shares of World Totals
Coal
Country
China
India
Japan
USA
Russian Federation
World
Subtotal
8.0%
2.8%
0.1%
10.1%
48.9%
100.0%
Proved Amount
in Place
8.8%
8.5%
0.3%
15.9%
10.9%
100.0%
Estimated
Additional
Amount
7.8%
1.0%
[3]
Oil
8.4%
60.5%
100.0%
[3]
Natural Gas
[1] Unless otherwise noted, "resources" here are for the end of 1999, and refer to the sum of WEC categories Proved Amount in Place and Estimated Additional Amount in Place. Proved
Amount in Place is "the amount that has been carefully measured and assessed as exploitable under present and expected local economic conditions with existing available technology."
Estimated Additional Amount in Place "includes estimates of amounts which could exist in unexplored extensions of known deposits or in undiscovered deposits in known resource-bearing
areas, as well as amounts inferred through knowledge of favourable geological conditions." All figures are based on data provided by the countries in which the resources are located.
Since definitions of resource categories are not uniform among countries, data may not be strictly comparable and comparisions should be made with caution.
[2] With the exception of Japan and the US, coal data are from NBS, International Statistical Yearbook, 2000.
[3] While most countries report oil reserves (Table 1B.2), most do not report resources corresponding to the WEC categories described in note [1] above, so only the oil figure from the US
is reported here, and no world total is available. Crude oil includes natural gas liquids. In other sources, China has estimated its total oil resources to be up to 13-15 Gt.
[4] Hydropower resources correspond to the WEC category "Gross Theoretical Capability," defined as " the annual energy potentially available in the country if all natural flows were
turbined down to sea level or to the water level of the border of the country (if the water course extends into another country) with 100% efficiency from the machinery and driving waterworks." Includes output from hydropower stations of all sizes.
[5] Figures correspond to the sum of the WEC categories of Proved Reserves, Total Additional Amounts Recoverable, and Other Amounts Recoverable, all at up to US$130/kg. Proved
Reserves refers to "recoverable uranium that occurs in known mineral deposits of such size, grade and configuration that it could be recovered within the stated production costs ranges
[under $130 US/kg] with currently proven mining and processing technology." Total Additional Amounts Recoverable refers to expected additional deposits, estimated from extensions of
already known deposits. Other Amounts Recoverable refers to estimates of undiscovered uranium resources.
Source: World Energy Council, 2001; NBS, International Statistical Yearbook, 2000.
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Table 1B.2. Energy Reserves for Selected Countries, 2005
1. Physical Units
Country
China
India
USA
Russian Federation
World
Subtotal
(Gt)
114.50
56.50
242.72
157.01
847.49
Coal
Bituminous &
Anthracite
(Gt)
62.20
52.24
112.26
49.09
430.90
Subbituminous
Crude Oil[2]
& Lignite
(Gt)
(Gt)
52.30
2.21
4.26
0.79
130.46
3.69
107.92
10.03
416.59
159.64
Coal
Bituminous &
Anthracite
14%
12%
26%
11%
100%
Subbituminous
& Lignite
13%
1%
31%
26%
100%
Natural Gas[3]
(billion m3)
2,350
1,101
5,866
47,820
176,462
Hydropower[4]
(TWh/year)
2,474
660
1,752
1,670
16,494
Uranium[5]
(kt U)
Hydropower[4]
15%
4%
11%
10%
100%
Uranium[5]
1%
1%
10%
4%
100%
38
43
342
132
3,297
2. Shares of World Totals
Country
China
India
USA
Russian Federation
World
Subtotal
14%
7%
29%
19%
100%
Crude
Oil
1%
0.5%
2%
6%
100%
Natural
Gas[3]
1%
1%
3%
27%
100%
[1] Unless otherwise noted, "reserves" here refers to the WEC category of Proved Recoverable Reserves which are defined as "the amount within the proved amount in place that can be
recovered (extracted from the earth in raw form) under present and expected local economic conditions with existing available technology." WEC data are for end of 2005.
[2] Includes natural gas liquids.
[3] Note that, owing to definitional differences, China estimates its natural gas reserves to be 2,700 billion m 3, much higher than the estimate presented here. See Table 1B.8 for Chinese
estimates of natural gas resources and reserves by basin.
[4] Corresponds to the WEC category of Technically Exploitable Capability, defined as "the amount of the gross theoretical capability that can be exploited within the limits of current
technology."
[5] Corresponds to WEC category of Proved Reserves, or the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency category of Reasonably Assured Resources. Proved reserves refers to "recoverable uranium that
occurs in known mineral deposits of such size, grade and configuration that it could be recovered within the stated production cost ranges [up to US$130/kg] with currently proven mining and
processing technology. Estimates of tonnage and grade are based on specific sample data and measurements of the deposits, together with knowledge of deposit characteristics."
Source: World Energy Council, 2007.
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Figure 1B.1. World Energy Reserves, 2005
Coal
Hydro
15.0%
4.0%
13.5%
32.7%
6.7%
10.6%
60.3%
10.1%
28.6%
18.5%
847.49 Gt
0.5%
1.4%
2.3%
Oil
16,494 TWh/year
6.3%
Uranium 1.2%
1.3%
10.4%
4.0%
83.2%
89.5%
159.64 Gt
Gas
1.3%
0.6%
3,297 t U
<0.05%
27.1%
China
India
USA
Russia
Rest of World
67.6%
176,462 Tm3
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Table 1B.3. Coal Resources[1] by Type of Coal, End of 1995 (Gt)
Coal
Classification
brown coal
bituminous coal
gas coal
rich coal
coking coal
lean coal
meager coal
anthracite coal
total
Estimated
Resource
190.31
2,421.51
939.24
103.21
195.73
80.38
146.89
474.24
4,551.50
Share
4.2%
53.2%
20.6%
2.3%
4.3%
1.8%
3.2%
10.4%
100.0%
[1] This is the Chinese category of "Reserves Confirmed Through Exploration", which is considerably
more inclusive than the WEC categories used in Tables 1B.1 and 1B.2.
Source: Li et al. , 1998.
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Table 1B.4. Sulfur Content of Coal by Type and Region, 1995
[1]
Steam Coal
Coking Coal
North
Northeast
East
South Central
Southwest
Northwest
Extra-Low
(<0.5%)
39.35%
55.16%
42.99%
51.66%
46.67%
65.20%
13.22%
66.23%
National Average (weighted)
48.60%
Percent of Coal Resources by Sulfur-Content Category
Low
Low-Medium
Medium
Medium-High High & Extra-High
(0.5%-1.0%)
(1.0%-2.0%)
(1.5%-2.0%)
(2.0%-3.0%)
(>3.0%)
16.46%
16.68%
9.49%
7.65%
7.05%
13.71%
4.18%
3.29%
8.05%
9.62%
14.40%
16.94%
10.74%
8.88%
3.57%
14.04%
19.68%
1.92%
2.05%
0.00%
31.14%
3.70%
3.20%
4.72%
9.21%
12.42%
7.66%
2.34%
5.50%
6.71%
10.71%
7.52%
2.68%
17.40%
43.61%
6.20%
2.50%
4.01%
9.31%
9.98%
14.85%
9.30%
5.91%
7.86%
8.54%
96.68%
94.01%
97.52%
89.35%
98.64%
99.83%
95.14%
98.23%
Average Sulfur
Content (Dry
Weight %)
1.15%
1.03%
1.03%
0.47%
1.08%
1.17%
2.43%
1.07%
95.06%
1.10%
Total[2]
[1] Percent of toal coal resources.
[2] Categories do not sum to 100% in original data source.
Source: Li et al ., 1998.
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Table 1B.5. Reserve Base of Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas[1] by Province, 2006
Planning
Region
North
Province
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner Mongolia
Northeast
Liaoning
Jilin
Heilongjiang
East
Shanghai
Jiangsu
Zhejiang
Anhui
Fujian
Jiangxi
Shandong
Oil
Coal
million tonnes
billion tonnes
0.57
0.30
30.75
6.82
163.39
105.17
80.23
55.26
164.30
170.10
165.30
621.97
20.29
16.78
93.58
1.83
0.05
11.87
0.48
0.82
10.33
25.04
2.27
1.38
0.00
347.48
34.84
53.71
11.87
11.04
0.39
0.09
1.75
0.41
0.03
0.35
0.89
12.33
0.33
2.01
0.19
0.85
0.09
Southwest
Chongqing
Sichuan
Guizhou
Yunnan
Xizang (Tibet)
1.83
5.03
14.83
7.36
0.01
Shaanxi
Gangsu
Ningxia
Qinghai
Xinjiang
27.76
6.17
2.07
7.01
12.73
Offshore
National Total
27.58
24.06
4.98
1.71
7.77
South-Central Henan
Hubei
Hunan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Northwest
Natural Gas
billion m3
333.48
0.12
113.58
546.28
0.46
0.29
198.85
87.28
43.77
1.40
418.83
858.77
9.89
149.61
0.17
659.82
356.38
265.67
2,758.57
3,000.92
3.45
[1] This is the Chinese category of 基础储量, which is more inclusive than indicated economic reserves or the WEC
categories shown in Table 1B.2.
Source: NBS, 2007.
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Table 1B.6. Undiscovered Oil Resources and Recoverable Resources by Region and
Basin, 2006 (Gt)
Total
Major Basin Resources
Region
Onshore
East
Songliao
Bohai Gulf
Total (East)
Central
West
4.78
4.96
12.21
Ordos
Total (Central)
Resources
in Major Recoverable
Basins
Resources
2.48
1.31
1.89
Jungar
Tarim
Qaidam
0.96
0.99
0.25
0.34
2.04
4.44
1.41
0.41
0.89
0.31
Total (West)
9.53
2.10
Total (Other)
0.01
0.00
Onshore Total
23.64
4.92
Offshore Total
8.63
1.90
National total
32.28
6.82
Other
Offshore
All regions
Source: CNPC Economy and Technology Research Institute, 2006.
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Table 1B.7. Oil Resources and Proved Reserves by Basin, 1999 (Gt)
Region
Onshore
East
Subregion
Major Basin
Total Resources
Northeast
Songliao
Erlian
Yilanyitong
Subtotal (Northeast)
Bohai Gulf
Bohai Gulf
Southern North China
Nanyang
Jianghan
Subei
Subtotal (S. North China)
16.00
5.98
0.15
0.03
6.17
18.99
18.84
7.38
0.18
0.10
0.10
0.36
0.36
0.37
0.53
0.24
1.45
1.25
0.38
Total (East)
36.80
34.36
13.93
Total (Central)
2.50
1.14
3.64
1.91
1.14
3.05
0.54
0.02
0.56
9.80
6.94
1.58
10.76
1.24
0.30
20.82
1.44
0.20
0.25
0.19
0.09
2.17
0.14
0.02
0.02
0.00
Ordos
Sichuan
West
Hexi Corridor-Beishan
South
Tibet
Proved Reserves
12.89
0.69
0.45
14.03
Middle & Lower Yangtze
Central
Resources in
Major Basins
Jungar
Tu-Ha (Turpan-Hami)
Tarim
Qaidam
Jiuxi
Total (West)
11.00
1.50
3.60
25.90
Bose
Sanshui
Total (South)
2.25
Total (Tibet)
0.84
0.84
0.00
Onshore Total
69.43
59.22
16.69
Eastern Bohai, Northern Pearl
River Delta, Yinggehai
24.60
19.88
0.74
National total
94.00
79.10
17.43
Offshore
All regions
Source: Gu et al ., 1999.
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Table 1B.8. Undiscovered Natural Gas Resources by Region and Basin
(billion m3), 2006
Resources
Total
in Major
Major Basin Resources
Basins
Region
Onshore
East
Songliao
Bohai Gulf
Total (East)
Central
1,800
Ordos
Sichuan
Total (Central)
West
190
600
4,120
2,670
6,780
Jungar
Tarim
Qaidam
830
3,490
610
Total (West)
5,140
Total (Other)
760
Onshore Total
14,480
Offshore Total
2,920
National total
17,400
Other
Offshore
All regions
Source: CNPC Economy and Technology Research Institute, 2006.
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Table 1B.9. Natural Gas Resources and Proved Reserves by Basin (billion m 3)[1] 1999
Songliao
Bohai Gulf
Turpan-Hami
Tarim
Jungar
Qaidam
Sichuan
Ordos
Bohai
East China Sea
Qiongdongnan
Yinggehai
Other Basins
Total Proved Reserves
290.56
566.05
69.78
215.02
163.67
141.97
570.06
323.45
54.09
31.49
88.50
160.66
45.19
Resources in Basin
875.65
2,118.13
365.00
8,389.62
1,228.90
1,050.00
7,357.52
4,179.74
288.10
2,480.34
1,625.34
2,239.00
5,842.67
2,720.47
38,040.00
National Total
Ratio of Resources to
Proved Reserves
3
4
5
39
8
7
13
13
5
79
18
14
129
14
[1] The definitions used in China for natural gas resources and reserves are broader than those used in international sources, so the
official Chinese figures in this table are substantially higher than those presented in Tables 1B.1 and 1B.2.
Source: Qian, et al ., 1999.
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Table 1B.10. Exploitable Hydropower Resources [1] by Province, 1980
Region
North
Potential Installed
Capacity
(GW)
6.9
1.8
2.6
2.4
Potential Annual
Generation
(TWh/yr)
23.2
4.2
10.7
8.4
Share of Total
Potential Annual
Generation
1.21%
0.22%
0.56%
0.43%
12.0
1.6
4.3
6.0
38.4
5.6
11.0
21.9
2.00%
0.29%
0.57%
1.14%
Jiangsu
Zhejiang
Anhui
Fujian
Jiangxi
Shandong
17.9
0.1
4.7
0.9
7.1
5.1
0.1
68.8
0.3
14.6
2.6
32.0
19.1
0.2
3.58%
0.02%
0.76%
0.14%
1.66%
0.99%
0.01%
Henan
Hubei
Hunan
Guangdong
Guangxi
67.4
2.9
33.1
10.8
6.4
14.2
297.4
11.2
149.4
48.9
24.0
63.9
15.46%
0.58%
7.77%
2.54%
1.25%
3.32%
232.3
91.7
12.9
71.2
56.6
1,305.0
515.3
65.2
394.5
330.0
67.85%
26.79%
3.39%
20.51%
17.16%
41.9
5.5
9.1
18.0
0.8
8.5
190.5
21.7
42.4
77.2
3.2
46.0
9.90%
1.13%
2.21%
4.01%
0.16%
2.39%
378.5
1,923.3
100.00%
Province
[2]
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner Mongolia
Northeast
Liaoning
Jilin
Heilongjiang
East
[3]
South-Central
Southwest
Sichuan
Guizhou
Yunnan
Xizang (Tibet)
Northwest
Shaanxi
Gansu
Qinghai
Ningxia
Xinjiang
National Total
[1] Statistics in this table are calculated on the basis of sites that can accommodate power plants of ≥500 kW of installed capacity. No major
revisions have been made to these figures since their publication.
[2] Includes Beijing and Tianjin.
[3] Includes Shanghai.
Source: Wang, 1988.
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Table 1C.1. Energy Reserves[1] for Selected Countries, 1999
1. Physical Units
Country
China
India
Japan
USA
Russian Federation
World
Subtotal
(Gt)
114.50
84.40
0.77
249.99
157.01
984.45
Coal
Bituminous &
Anthracite
(Gt)
62.20
82.40
0.77
115.89
49.09
519.06
Subbituminous
Crude Oil[2]
& Lignite
(Gt)
(Gt)
52.30
4.79
2.00
0.65
0.01
134.10
3.73
107.92
6.65
465.39
142.49
Natural Gas[3]
3
(billion m )
1,368
647
39
4,740
47,730
151,502
Hydropower[4]
(TWh/year)
1,920
660
136
529
1,670
14,379
Uranium[5]
(kt U)
Hydropower[4]
13%
5%
1%
4%
12%
100%
Uranium[5]
2%
2%
<0.05%
11%
4%
100%
72
53
7
349
141
3,282
2. Shares of World Totals
Country
China
India
Japan
USA
Russian Federation
World
Subtotal
12%
9%
<0.05%
25%
16%
100%
Coal
Bituminous &
Anthracite
12%
16%
<0.05%
22%
9%
100%
Subbituminous
& Lignite
11%
<0.05%
29%
23%
100%
Crude
Oil
3%
<0.05%
<0.05%
3%
5%
100%
Natural
Gas[3]
1%
<0.05%
<0.05%
3%
32%
100%
[1] Unless otherwise noted, "reserves" here refers to the WEC category of Proved Recoverable Reserves which are defined as "the amount within the proved amount in place that can be
recovered (extracted from the earth in raw form) under present and expected local economic conditions with existing available technology." WEC data are for end of 2000.
[2] Includes natural gas liquids.
[3] Note that, owing to definitional differences, China estimates its natural gas reserves to be 2,700 billion m 3, much higher than the estimate presented here. See Table 1B.8 for Chinese
estimates of natural gas resources and reserves by basin.
[4] Corresponds to the WEC category of Technically Exploitable Capability, defined as "the amount of the gross theoretical capability that can be exploited within the limits of current technology."
[5] Corresponds to WEC category of Proved Reserves, or the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency category of Reasonably Assured Resources. Proved reserves refers to "recoverable uranium that
occurs in known mineral deposits of such size, grade and configuration that it could be recovered within the stated production cost ranges [up to US$130/kg] with currently proven mining and
processing technology. Estimates of tonnage and grade are based on specific sample data and measurements of the deposits, together with knowledge of deposit characteristics."
Source: World Energy Council, 2001. China data on uranium from NBS, International Statistical Yearbook, 2000.
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Table 1C.2. Estimated Coal Resources[1] by Province and Type, End of 1995 (Gt)
Planning
Region
North
Province
Beijing
Tianjin
Hebei
Shanxi
Inner Mongolia
Total Estimated
Resources
8.67
4.45
60.14
389.92
1,225.04
Northeast
Liaoning
Jilin
Heilongjiang
5.93
3.00
17.61
East
Shanghai
Jiangsu
Zhejiang
Anhui
Fujian
Jiangxi
Shandong
5.05
0.04
61.16
2.56
4.08
40.51
South-Central Henan
Hubei
Hunan
Guangdong
Guangxi
Hainan
Southwest
Northwest
Sichuan
Guizhou
Yunnan
Xizang (Tibet)
Shaanxi
Gangsu
Ningxia
Qinghai
Xinjiang
National Total
Brown
Bituminous
Gas
Rich
Coking
Lean
Anthracite
8.67
1.00
1.27
175.34
0.72
5.39
900.40
4.45
50.84
7.04
107.95
3.02
34.39
1.10
50.80
36.42
30.19
0.02
58.98
2.40
0.60
0.75
4.45
2.54
1.11
0.85
0.75
0.37
8.33
0.11
0.05
0.00
0.16
0.07
3.77
0.00
0.19
0.06
0.22
0.20
0.16
1.55
0.28
3.47
0.69
0.20
0.35
0.18
15.44
3.37
0.01
0.24
0.36
0.00
0.55
2.77
1.39
2.55
2.41
4.68
0.04
10.93
0.05
0.17
0.07
0.55
44.08
0.16
3.66
0.78
0.86
0.07
37.04
0.16
0.04
3.50
2.47
0.04
0.32
0.16
22.07
0.08
7.65
0.61
0.56
91.97
0.20
4.54
0.91
1.76
0.00
0.88
0.38
8.61
1.92
16.38
8.79
0.02
0.13
0.23
0.01
0.21
0.01
0.13
30.38
189.69
43.79
0.81
1.43
0.04
0.17
0.00
1.91
203.11
142.89
172.11
38.04
1,803.73
4,552.10
Meager
190.31
0.14
4.55
201.86
0.82
0.07
0.01
0.49
0.52
0.62
0.01
0.57
4.14
0.36
0.02
7.55
31.96
12.40
0.01
5.54
13.40
3.12
0.01
1.48
24.73
12.55
0.00
13.33
114.95
12.76
0.74
52.38
24.25
126.48
14.36
1,292.00
80.02
117.30
8.43
5.19
475.45
11.59
0.16
2.07
0.79
31.26
11.15
0.00
1.78
3.30
2.48
6.45
0.57
2.48
3.03
2.54
9.45
0.48
12.35
8.12
32.08
0.12
18.52
3.26
2,421.51
939.24
103.21
195.73
80.38
146.89
474.24
[1] This is the Chinese category of "Reserves Confirmed Through Exploration", which is considerably more inclusive than the WEC categories used in Tables 1B.1 and 1B.2.
Source: Li et al. , 1998.
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