World energy situation

This session is one of the main chapters of the course on global energy issues.

Knowledge of the volume of energy consumption in the world and its evolution is necessary to assess the overall trends in the short and medium term and the pressure that this request may impose on resources.

Examination of regional disparities, both in terms of consumption and production, provides for the necessary reflection on the global geopolitical elements.

Course reference:

• Chapter 6

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Primary energy consumption by source

Historical changes

Electricity production

Per capita energy consumption

Groups of countries

• industrialized countries (ICs)
• 30 countries, 2 billion inhabitants (18 %)
• primary energy consumption 2008: 6.3 Gtoe (57 %)
• developing countries (DCs)
• 150 countries, 5.7 billion inhabitants (82 %)
• primary energy consumption 2008: 4.7 Gtoe (43 %)
• (only commercial energy)

Energy consumption by region

Consumption and production by region

Biggest oil consumers

• United States (750 Mt)
• Western Europe (700 Mt)
• Russia (500 Mt)
• China and India are requiring increasingly more oil

Dynamics of major oil importers

Oil and natural gas balance in the Russian Federation

Oil balance in the US and Europe

Trends in per cap. consumption

Trends in energy intensity

World energy situation

This session has shown the considerable differences between energy situations in different countries, both in terms of production and consumption.

These differences explain the tensions that may exist at certain times concerning supplies.