Today’s Quiz: Who Is The World’s Largest Energy Producer?

Today’s Quiz: Who Is The World’s Largest Energy Producer?

We cover global issues in oil, natural gas, energy and policy. The new BP Statistical Review of World Energy was published this week.. China is by far the world's biggest coal producer, accounting for nearly half of global production.. ( the U.S. as the biggest oil & natural gas supplier accounts for "only" 17% and 23%, respectively, of the global totals“¦) The energy content of China's coal production is bigger than US oil, >natural gas, and coal production combined.. No other form of energy is dominated by one country like coal is by China.. The U.S. had the world's biggest decline in coal production last year.. By the way, China is the world's biggest producer AND consumer of energy.. But note: China has managed to slightly improve its energy self-sufficiency in recent years, with domestic forms of energy growing more rapidly than imports.. Mark Finley is the Fellow in Energy and Global Oil at the Baker Institute.. For 12 years, he led the production of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, the world's longest-running compilation of objective global energy data..