How much more oil is left in the world
Does the world have enough oil to meet our future needs? According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), the global supply of crude oil, other liquid hydrocarbons, and biofuels is expected to be adequate to meet the world's demand for liquid fuels through 2050. That sounds like a lot, but the world burns 30 billion barrels a year, so that is 18 years at current rates of use, but given that population is exponentially growing at 1.3% per year, adding 75 million new people annually, even if every drop of this hoped for oil is discovered, there may be less than 18 years left. The world has 53.3 years of oil left. BP (ticker BP ) has provided an intriguing update to its global oil reserves estimate in the company's latest yearly review of energy statistics. BP raised its reserve estimate by 1.1% to 1,687.9 billion barrels, which is enough oil to last the world 53.3 years at the current production rates.