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The countries in the world which have huge reserves of crude oil, their role in global politics is very important because crude oil is seen as a great power in the world. Through this, the economy of many countries of the world including Saudi Arabia, Russia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is also quite big. At the same time, the inclination of these countries, endowed with huge reserves of oil, is especially seen towards the two superpower countries of the world, America and Russia. In such a situation, today we are going to tell about those 10 oil rich countries of the world, which are inclined towards Russia or America.
Which countries in the world have the largest reserves of oil?
- Venezuela- The largest reserve of crude oil in the world with 303.22 billion barrels is in Venezuela, where the US has recently carried out military action and captured the country’s oil. However, Venezuela has long been inclined towards Russia. Russia has supported Venezuela with arms, investments and diplomatically.
- Saudi Arabia- Saudi Arabia has the world’s second largest crude oil reserves with 267.2 billion barrels. Saudi Arabia has traditionally been America’s strongest ally.
- Iran- Iran comes third in the list of countries rich in huge oil reserves. Iran has very close relations with Russia and China, while the Islamic country has a decades-old enmity with the world’s most powerful country, America.
- Canada- NATO member country Canada has a very close relationship with America. Canada exports most of its oil to America only. Due to this his inclination is more towards America.
- Iraq- Islamic country Iraq has huge reserves of crude oil of 145.02 billion barrels, with which this country comes fifth in this list in the world. America has shown its influence in Iraq since 2003. However, the presence of Russia and Iran in Iraq has also increased.
- UAE, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a strategic partner country of America, which has crude oil reserves of 113 billion barrels, but in the last few years, UAE has also expanded energy cooperation with Russia and China.
- Kuwait- The United States has played an important role in Kuwait’s security and oil policy since the Gulf War. From this it can be clearly said that Kuwait is more inclined towards America.
- Russia- The second most powerful country in the world, Russia itself is included in the list of countries rich in crude oil reserves with 80 billion barrels, which has been a staunch adversary of America for decades and uses its oil and natural gas as a weapon against America.
- America- Whereas the name of United States is also included in this list. In fact, oil production takes place on a large scale in many states of America, which include the states of Texas, North Dakota and New Mexico.
- Libya- Libya’s name is included among the countries with the 10 largest reserves of crude oil in the world. This country has total reserves of 48.36 billion barrels of crude oil, but due to civil war the country is divided into two parts. In this, one section supports Russia, while the other section is more inclined towards Western countries.
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