Petroleum

Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...

, natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

, and coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 are exported from various source countries to countries reliant on these fossil fuels.

Petroleum

Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of petroleum in the world.

This is a list of countries by oil

Oil

An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....

 exports  mostly based on The World Factbook

The World Factbook

The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...

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Rank	Country/Region	Oil - exports	Date of Information
1	Saudi Arabia	8900000 oilbbl/d	2007 est.
-	European Union	2196000 oilbbl/d	2001
2	Russia	5430000 oilbbl/d	2009
3	United Arab Emirates	2540000 oilbbl/d	2004 est.
4	Iran	2520000 oilbbl/d	2006 est.
5	Norway	2500000 oilbbl/d	2006 est.
6	Canada	2274000 oilbbl/d	2004
7	Mexico	2268000 oilbbl/d	2004
8	Venezuela	2203000 oilbbl/d	2006 est.
9	Kuwait	2200000 oilbbl/d	2004
10	Nigeria	2141000 oilbbl/d	2006

Natural gas

Russia is the largest exporter of natural gas in the world, it exports almost twice as much natural gas as the second largest exporter.

This is a list of countries by natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

 exports  mostly based on The World Factbook

The World Factbook

The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. The official paper copy version is available from the National Technical Information Service and the Government Printing Office...

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Rank	Country/Region	Natural gas - exports (cu m)	Date of Information
1	Russia	182,000,000,000	2007 est.
2	Canada	101,900,000,000	2005 est.
3	Norway	78,100,000,000	2005 est.
-	European Union	76,480,000,000	2005 est.
4	Algeria	62,600,000,000	2005 est.
5	Turkmenistan	58,000,000,000	2007 est.
6	Netherlands	50,210,000,000	2005 est.
7	Indonesia	29,600,000,000	2006 est.
8	Malaysia	29,060,000,000	2005 est.
9	Qatar	25,990,000,000	2005 est.
10	Trinidad and Tobago	21,030,000,000	2007 est.

Coal

This is a list of countries by coal

Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...

 exports mostly based on US Energy Information Administration:

Rank	Country	Coal - exports (Thousand Short Tons)	Date of Information
1	Australia	288,524	2009
2	Indonesia	261,419	2009
3	Russia	130,863	2009
4	Colombia	75,740	2009
5	South Africa	73,768	2009
6	United States	60,404	2009
7	Mainland China	38,354	2009
8	Canada	31,947	2009
9	Vietnam	28,200	2009
10	Kazakhstan	25,694	2009