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Natural gas and oil in Papua New Guinea

Energy consumption in Papua New Guinea

The most important figure in the energy balance of Papua New Guinea is the total consumption of
3.70 billion kWh
of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 372 kWh.

Papua New Guinea can completely be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is four bn kWh, also 109 percent of own requirements. The rest of the domestically produced energy is either exported into other countries or unused. Along with pure consumption, the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources, such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

ElectricitytotalPapua New Guinea
per capita
USA
per capita
Own consumption3.70 bn kWh372.05 kWh11,744.38 kWh
Production4.04 bn kWh406.22 kWh12,198.66 kWh

60.4% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity. In rural areas, the share was 56.8%
Crude OilBarrel/dayPapua New Guinea
per capita
USA
per capita
Own consumption38,200.00 bbl0.004 bbl0.062 bbl
Production37,200.00 bbl0.004 bbl0.054 bbl
Import27,400.00 bbl0.003 bbl0.023 bbl
Export60,300.00 bbl0.006 bbl0.006 bbl

In 2021 there were still 159.70 m barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of Papua New Guinea. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1.7 tn billion barrels. Papua New Guinea therefore has a share of 0.009% and ranks 60th out of 211 countries with crude oil reserves.

Natural GasCubic metersPapua New Guinea
per capita
USA
per capita
Own consumption166.98 m m³16.78 m³2,583.79 m³
Production11.78 bn m³1,184.40 m³2,914.02 m³
Import0.00 m³0.00 m³239.57 m³
Export11.76 bn m³1,182.43 m³567.66 m³


CO₂ emissions

CO₂ emissions
in 2019
Papua New Guinea
per capita
USA
per capita
total7.58 m t0.79 t14.52 t
› of which diesel + gasoline5.97 bn t625.10 t7,179.51 t
› of which natural gas526.00 m t55.12 t5,073.94 t


Development of CO₂ emissions from 1960 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO₂ equivalents by country

CO₂ emissions Papua New Guinea


Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which can only be obtained under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient under clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy sourcetotal
in Papua New Guinea
Percentage
in Papua New Guinea
Percentage
USA
per capita
in Papua New Guinea
per capita
USA
Fossil fuels8.00 bn kWh80,2 %59,9 %804.27 kWh2.06 kWh
Nuclear power0.00 kWh0,0 %19,5 %0.00 kWh0.67 kWh
Solar energy0.00 kWh0,0 %3,2 %0.00 kWh0.11 kWh
Wind power0.00 kWh0,0 %8,3 %0.00 kWh0.29 kWh
Water power1.89 bn kWh18,9 %7,0 %189.54 kWh0.24 kWh
Tidal Power Plants0.00 kWh0,0 %0,0 %0.00 kWh0.00 kWh
Geothermics0.00 kWh0,0 %0,4 %0.00 kWh0.01 kWh
Biomass99.78 m kWh1,0 %1,7 %10.03 kWh0.06 kWh

Note: The sum of each data in this table adds up to 100.10 percent and may not be accurate. Worlddata.info receives this data from the US Office of Public Affairs (CIA) and will not make any presumptuous changes to it.

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 53.1 percent of actual total consumption in Papua New Guinea. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

Renewable energy Papua New Guinea
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