The Greater Middle East adds up to more than 30 countries. Only a few of those have significant oil reserves and produce oil enough to slake their energy needs and export oil as well. Several have minor oil reserves. Below is a list of oil-dry countries, followed, below the break, by a table ranking the Middle East's oil-rich countries according to known oil reserves:
The Oil-Dry Nations of the Greater Middle East:
- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Israel
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Somalia
The Mideast's Oil Produces, by Known Reserves
| Rank | Country | Reserves (billions of barrels) |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 262.3 |
| 2 | Iran | 136.3 |
| 3 | Iraq | 115 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 101 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 97.8 |
| 6 | Libya | 41.5 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 30 |
| 8 | Qatar | 15.2 |
| 9 | Algeria | 12.70 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 7 |
| 11 | Oman | 5.5 |
| 12 | Sudan | 5 |
| 13 | Egypt | 3.7 |
| 14 | Yemen | 3 |
| 15 | Syria | 2.5 |
| 16 | Turkmenistan | 0.6 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 0.6 |
| 18 | Tunisia | 0.4 |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.3 |
| Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Oil & Gas Journal; 2007 figures. | ||
Note: The figures above represent the rankings of oil reserves only in the Middle East. For perspective, see the rankings of the world's top oil producers.
