Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of crude oil during 2017:
Saudi Arabia: US$133.6 billion (15.9% of total crude oil exports)
Russia: $93.3 billion (11.1%)
Iraq: $61.5 billion (7.3%)
Canada: $54 billion (6.4%)
United Arab Emirates: $49.3 billion (5.9%)
Iran: $40.1 billion (4.8%)
Kuwait: $38.2 billion (4.5%)
Nigeria: $33 billion (3.9%)
Angola: $30.5 billion (3.6%)
Kazakhstan: $26.6 billion (3.2%)
Norway: $25.9 billion (3.1%)
Venezuela: $23.1 billion (2.7%)
United States: $21.8 billion (2.6%)
Mexico: $19.9 billion (2.4%)
United Kingdom: $19 billion (2.3%)
The listed 15 countries accounted for 79.6% of all crude oil exports in 2017 (by value).
Only two of the above top 15 exporters increased the value of their crude oil shipments from 2013 to 2017, namely the United States with its 328% improvement in revenue and Iraq via a modest 0.6% gain.
The 13 other top sources of crude oil posted declines over the 5-year period ranging from -69.2% for Venezuela and -55.5% for Nigeria down to -32% for Canada and -14.5% for Iran.
Other notable declines include -54.5% for Saudi Arabia, -53.6% for Kazakhstan, -53.4% for Angola, -53.3% for Mexico, -52.1% for Kuwait, -48% for Norway and -46.3% for Russia.
Mexico is joke. The Eagle Ford Shale play exists in their country. Maybe they have banned fracing.