WORLD ENERGY RESOURCES ARE EXPLAINED WITH CLASSIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION

1. ENERGY RESOURCES
COAL, PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS, ATOMIC ENERGY(URANIUM,
THORIUM), SOLAR ENERGY, WIND ENERGY, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY,
TIDAL ENERGY, WAVE ENERGY

2. COAL
•Distribution of Coal across the World
• Global Coal Reserves
•Top Producers and Consumers of Coal in the
World
•Distribution of Coal in USA
•Distribution of Coal in China.

3. Distribution of Coal across the World
• Most of the Russia’s coal in Siberian Region is untapped.
• Carboniferous coal of Great Lakes and Appalachians region helped USA
become a leading industrialized nation.
• Coal reserves in Ruhr and Rhineland region coupled with rich iron deposits
have made Germany a leading industrial super power of Europe.
• England too benefited immensely from its coal reserves of South Wales,
Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool etc. Industrial revolution began here
mainly due to rich coal reserves.
• Brazil is a leading coal producer in South America. Most of the coal goes
into power generation. Excess production is exported to China.
• Australia is a leading producer of coal. Most of its coal is exported to China,
Japan etc. Australia has rick coking coal deposits. India imports coking coal
mainly from Australia.

4. Distribution of Coal across the World

5. Global coal reserves

6. Top Producers and Consumers of Coal in the World

7. Distribution of Coal in USA
• World’s second biggest coal producing country.
• World’s second biggest coal consumer [China first].
• 37% of the country’s electricity generation come from coal.
• Coal mining occurs in 25 states of which Wyoming, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Texas are the biggest coal producers.
• The North Antelope ROCHELLE COAL MINE located in the Powder
River Basin of Wyoming is the world’s biggest coal mine
• Allegheny Mountains and Appalachian Mountains have enormous
coal deposits.
• Most coal now produced in the United States is mined in western
surface mines, especially in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.

8. Distribution of Coal in USA

9. Distribution of Coal in China
• World’s third biggest coal reserves.
• Largest producer and consumer of coal in the world.
• Largest user of coal-derived electricity [68.7%].
• Industry hugely dependent on Coal.
• Photochemical smog == Intensifying environmental
concerns all over China due to coal burning.

10. Distribution of Coal in China

11. Coal fields of Europe

12. Coal fields of Canada
• Most of Canada's coal mining occurs in the West of the country.[3]
• British Columbia operates 10 coal mines,
• Alberta 9 mines
• Saskatchewan 3 mines
• New Brunswick one mine
• Nova Scotia operates several small-scale mines,
• Westray having closed following the 1992 disaster there.[4]

13. Coal in India
• India has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world, and is the fourth largest producer of coal in
the world, producing 662.79 million metric tons (730.60 million short tons) in 2016-17.
• Odisha - Talcher
• Chhattisgarh
• Jharkhand
• Korba Coalfield in Chhattisgarh (Gevra Mines: Asia's largest open cast mine)
• Singareni collieries, Telangana
• Jharia mines in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand
• Nagpur & Chandrapur district, Maharashtra
• Raniganj in Bardhaman district, West Bengal
• Neyveli lignite mines in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu
• Singrauli Coalfield and Umaria Coalfield in Madhya Pradesh

14. Coal in India

15. Oil and Natural Gas

16. Oil and Natural Gas
•More than half of the world’s proven oil reserves
are located in the Middle East (including Iran but
not North Africa).
•Canada, United States, Latin America, Africa, and
the region occupied by the former Soviet Union
contains less than 15 percent of the world’s
proven reserves.

17. Oil and Natural Gas
•the Middle East contains more than 50 percent
of the world’s proven reserves but accounts for
only about 30 percent of global oil production.
•The United States, by contrast has less than 2
percent of the world’s proven reserves but
produces about 10 percent of the world’s oil.

18. Oil and Natural Gas

19. Oilfields in Saudi Arabia
• Saudi Arabia has the second largest proven oil reserves (Venezuela
has the largest proven oil reserves).
• Approximately 20 percent of the world’s proven reserves.
• The discovery that transformed Saudi Arabia into a leading oil country
was Al-Ghawār oil field. (still has 70 billion barrels after 60 years of
production)
• Another important discovery was the Saffaniyah offshore field in the
Persian Gulf. It is the third largest oil field in the world and the largest
offshore.

20. Oil Fields in Iraq, Kuwait, & Iran
•The Middle Eastern countries of Iraq, Kuwait,
and Iran are each estimated to have 25
percent of all proven reserves in the world.
•These countries have a number of supergiant
fields.
•Al-Burqan oilfield of Kuwait is the
world’s second largest oil field

21. Oilfields in Venezuela & Brazil
• Venezuela is the largest oil exporter in the Western Hemisphere.
• Venezuela has 300.88 billion barrels of proved oil reserves, ahead of
Saudi Arabia’s 266.46 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.
• Most of these reserves are located in the Orinoco belt.
• Brazil has 14 billion barrels of proven oil reserves (second largest in
South America)

22. Oilfields in African Region
• The main oil-producing countries of Africa are: Libya,
Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt.
• Niger delta in Nigeria contains enormous amount of oil.
• Egypt is self-sufficient in oil production.
• Algeria is another significant producer of petroleum where
much of the national income comes from oil-export.
• Libya became a consistent producer of petroleum. The total
oil reserve of Libya is around 3 per cent of global reserve.

23. Oil Fields in Russia
• Russia is thought to possess the best potential for new
discoveries.
• It has significant proven reserves of 5 percent of the world
total—and is the world’s leading petroleum producer.
• There are two supergiant oil fields – Western Siberia and
Yenisey Khatanga.
• Kamchatka peninsula and Sakhalin Island are said to have
significant oil reserves.
• Volga-Caspian Region has many oil and gas fields.

24. Oil Fields in United States, Mexico, & Canada
• Oil Fields in United States, Mexico, & Canada
• North America has many sedimentary basins.
• Many oilfields have been found in North Slope region of Alaska and East Texas.
• United States has produced more oil than any other country.
• Its proven oil reserves amount to 2 percent of the world total.
• The Rocky Mountain region contains an enormous amount of petroleum reserve.
• Mexico has more than 10 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and is one of the
top 10 oil producers in the world.
• Canada has less than 10 billion barrels of proven reserves of conventional liquid
oil.
• But huge deposits of oil sands in the Athabasca region in western Canada bring
the country’s total proven oil reserves to approximately 175 billion barrels,
behind only oil giants Saudi Arabia and
• Canada’s largest oil field is off

25. Oilfields in United Kingdom
•The United Kingdom is an
important North Sea producer, and its
proven oil reserves of some three billion
barrels are the largest in the European
Union.