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Weirdnessssss t1_ixr27hz wrote

Really interesting considering the US is the biggest oil producer, though I want to give some constructive criticism: it would have been nice to adjust the amount of barrels or something else to the numbers to increase the readability.

But other than that it's a really nice infographic!

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anonkitty2 t1_ixtxnr6 wrote

We might not have the largest oil fields, but we have a lot of smaller ones.

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energysector t1_iy6vft8 wrote

What counts as an oilfield? Google says the Permian Basin produces 5 Mbpd.

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anonkitty2 t1_iy6we3h wrote

That's more than the fields that are listed!

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PatternMachine t1_ixru92d wrote

Weak graphic. The two most prominent pieces of info are the name of the oil field and the country where it’s located - probably the two least interesting things. Switch the hierarchy to highlight number of barrels, specific field location, owner of the field (and nation of the owner), total barrels produced, expected number of barrels left, age of field, biggest customers of a field, etc.

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doingthehumptydance t1_ixsdmjs wrote

Not only that, but the quality of the oil. The bunker crude from Venezuela costs a ton to refine down to a usable state. Whereas Texan and Saudi oil is a much higher grade.

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Outrageous-Duck9695 t1_ixrvk9v wrote

Venezuela is just a sad example of how a country could have all the natural resources but still fail miserably.

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monkeymaster3 t1_iy2wojp wrote

ehh, not really their fault, they had a good governor that wanted to help the country but CIA coup d'etated him and installed a dictator that ruined this even worse

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ten-million t1_ixsfhi0 wrote

I like how on this sub there is plenty of political significance in the subject choice but people’s comments usually stay on the effectiveness of the graphics. As intended.

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giteam OP t1_ixr1c4d wrote

Despite the U.S. being the largest oil producer in the world, none of the top 10 largest oil fields are located in the country. In fact, both Aramco-owned oil fields (#1 and joint #4) produce more oil than the #6-#10 ranked oil fields

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capitalism_or_life t1_ixsg5s2 wrote

Ya. And apparently the EU is bitchy because we Americans are responsible for making their imported gas cost more.... We're not even mentioned here... Has nothing to do with the war or anything like that... Am I rite? Smdh.

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anonkitty2 t1_ixtxz90 wrote

We are responsible. America cut down domestic oil production and a large oil pipeline, ostensibly for environmental reasons, and is then surprised that other countries won't boost production to lessen the spike in oil prices. Is oil drilling only bad for the environment when Americans are involved?

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monkeymaster3 t1_iy2wu54 wrote

You are just the average american fucking hell, one of the biggest sellers of REFINED oil, is america, so EU's prices are dictated by the crude oil sellers and the REFINED oil sellers, so yeah

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SergeantCumrag t1_ixr3cd6 wrote

But i thought evil blood drinking Amerikkka steal Iraqi oil? Why Chinese company subcontracted then?

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