Interactive map of world petroleum production for 2016.

"World Oil Production" is a free online knowledge level game to find which world region produce most barrles of oil in 2016. Interactive world map of petroleum production. Click on a region on the map to dig for oil, and collect 50 millions barrels per day. A small educational game for desktop computers, laptops and tablets, which may be played in the web browser. The Geography Knowledge Board include world map and 32 hidden places to play with. The game is part of the Interactive World Maps educational tools.

There is the map of the world and 20 shovels on the top right of the screen. Click on the locations of the map to see how many barrels of oil that region produce per day. The ammount of the oil production will be added in the bottom counter and one shovel will be lost. The purpose is to collect 50 millions of barrels per day, before you run out of shovels. The amount and locations are approximate and some regions will yield 0 oli to make the exercise more difficult. The exact amounts of oil production by country are in the "class subject" section.

Petroleum is a natural resource beneath the Earth's surface, which was formed from the remains of ancient marine organisms. Millions of years ago, algae and plants lived in shallow seas. After dying and sinking to the seafloor, the organic material mixed with other sediments and was buried. It is used for fuel and energy. The following is a List of countries by oil production for 2016 from Wikipedia

Barrels per day

1 Russia 10,551,497
2 Saudi Arabia (OPEC) 10,460,710
3 United States 8,875,817
4 Iraq (OPEC) 4,451,516
5 Iran (OPEC) 3,990,956
6 China 3,980,650
7 Canada 3,662,694
8 United Arab Emirates (OPEC) 3,106,077
9 Kuwait (OPEC) 2,923,825
10 Brazil 2,515,459
11 Venezuela (OPEC) 2,276,967
12 Mexico 2,186,877
13 Nigeria (OPEC) 1,999,885
14 Angola (OPEC) 1,769,615
15 Norway 1,647,975
16 Kazakhstan 1,595,199
17 Qatar (OPEC) 1,522,902
18 Algeria (OPEC) 1,348,361
19 Oman 1,006,841
20 United Kingdom 939,760
21 Colombia 897,784
22 Indonesia 833,667
23 Azerbaijan 833,538
24 India 734,180
25 Malaysia 661,240
26 Ecuador (OPEC) 548,421
27 Argentina 510,560
28 Egypt 494,325
29 Libya (OPEC) 384,686
30 Congo, Republic of the 308,363
31 Vietnam 301,850
32 Australia 289,749
33 Thailand 257,525
34 Sudan and South Sudan 255,000
35 Turkmenistan 230,779
36 Equatorial Guinea (OPEC) 227,000
37 Gabon (OPEC) 210,820
38 Denmark 140,637
39 Chad 110,156
40 Brunei 109,117
41 Ghana 100,549
42 Cameroon 93,205
43 Pakistan 84,746
44 Romania 77,910
45 Italy 70,675
46 Timor-Leste 60,661
47 Trinidad and Tobago 60,090
48 Bolivia 58,077
49 Papua New Guinea 56,667
50 Uzbekistan 52,913
51.5 Bahrain 50,000
51.5 Cuba 50,000
53 Turkey 49,497
54 Tunisia 48,757
55 Germany 46,839
56 Peru 40,266
57 New Zealand 35,574
58 Ukraine 31,989
59.5 Ivory Coast 30,000
59.5 Syria 30,000
61 Belarus 25,000
62 Mongolia 23,426
63 Albania 22,915
64 Yemen 22,000
65 Poland 20,104
67 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20,000
67 Philippines 20,000
67 Serbia 20,000
69 Netherlands 18,087
70 Suriname 17,000
71 France 16,418
72 Austria 15,161