The bar chart illustrates the estimated oil production capacity for six Gulf states across two decades.
Overall, Saudi Arabia had significantly greater oil production than the remaining Gulf countries from 1990 to 2010. The ability to produce oil progressed in majority of the nations, with the exception of Qatar.
Saudi Arabia had the highest oil production capacity throughout the timeline as well as the greatest increase in production. It went from producing just above 8 million gallons a day in 1990 to an impressive 15 million gallons a day in 2010. That is almost 4 times more than Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and UAE, and a massive 16 times more than Qatar in 2010.
The country with the most progression in capacity rates was again Saudi Arabia, with the kingdom having expanded its production by nearly 9 million gallons per day from 1990 to 2010. Though modest, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and UAE have also shown advancements in the industry. In contrast, Qatar’s oil production capacity fluctuated throughout the years and had remained producing below 1 million gallons a day, with the country’s peak oil production capacity being 0.6 in the year 2000.