{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is already sufficiently detailed; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> [[File:Bahrain electricity production.svg|thumb|Bahrain electricity production by source|400px]] [[File:Bahrain map.png|thumb|Location]] [[File:BapcoTanks-SitraBahrain.jpg|thumb|Oil tanks in [[Sitra]], Bahrain]]
'''Energy in Bahrain''' describes [[World energy resources and consumption|energy]] and [[Electricity generation|electricity]] production, consumption and import in [[Bahrain]]. Bahrain is a net energy exporter.
Primary energy use was in Bahrain in 2009 110 TWh and 139 TWh per million persons and in 2008 107 TWh and 139 TWh/million people.<ref name=IEA2010>[http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2011/key_world_energy_stats.pdf IEA Key energy statistics 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027013037/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2011/key_world_energy_stats.pdf |date=2011-10-27 }} and [http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2010/key_stats_2010.pdf Statistics 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011091637/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2010/key_stats_2010.pdf |date=2010-10-11 }} Page: Country specific indicator numbers from page 48</ref>
== Overview ==
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="7" align="center" style="background-color: #cfb;" | Energy in Bahrain<ref name=IEA2015>IEA Key World Energy Statistics Statistics [http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/KeyWorld_Statistics_2015.pdf 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040322/http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/KeyWorld_Statistics_2015.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}, [http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/keyworld2014.pdf 2014 (2012R as in November 2015] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405035039/http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/keyworld2014.pdf |date=2015-04-05 }} + 2012 as in March 2014 is comparable to previous years statistical calculation criteria, [http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/KeyWorld2013.pdf 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902105825/http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/KeyWorld2013.pdf |date=2014-09-02 }}, [http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/kwes.pdf 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309143010/http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/kwes.pdf |date=2013-03-09 }}, [http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2011/key_world_energy_stats.pdf 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027013037/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2011/key_world_energy_stats.pdf |date=2011-10-27 }}, [http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2010/key_stats_2010.pdf 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011091637/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2010/key_stats_2010.pdf |date=2010-10-11 }}, [http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2009/key2009.pdf 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007042901/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2009/key2009.pdf |date=2013-10-07 }}, [http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2006/key2006.pdf 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012043312/http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2006/key2006.pdf |date=2009-10-12 }} [[International Energy Agency|IEA]] October, crude oil p.11, coal p. 13 gas p. 15</ref> |- ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Capita ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Prim. energy ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Production ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Export ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Electricity ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | CO<sub>2</sub>-emission |----- ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Million ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | TWh ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | TWh ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | TWh ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | TWh ! style="background-color: #cfb;" | Mt |----- | align="left" | 2004 || align="right"| 0.72 || align="right" | 87 || align="right" | 184 || align="right" | 101 || align="right" | 7.77 || align="right" | 16.95 |----- | align="left" | 2007 || align="right"| 0.75 || align="right" | 102 || align="right" | 198 || align="right" | 94 || align="right" | 10.75 || align="right" | 21.26 |----- | align="left" | 2008 || align="right"| 0.77 || align="right" | 107 || align="right" | 203 || align="right" | 79 || align="right" | 10.19 || align="right" | 22.30 |----- | align="left" | 2009 || align="right"| 0.79 || align="right" | 110 || align="right" | 204 || align="right" | 65 || align="right" | 10.78 || align="right" | 22.82 |----- | align="left" | 2010 || align="right"| 1.26 || align="right" | 114 || align="right" | 206 || align="right" | 79 || align="right" | 12.38|| align="right" |23.62 |----- | align="left" | 2012R || align="right"| 1.32 || align="right" | 147 || align="right" | 230 || align="right" | 77 || align="right" | 23.20 || align="right" | 28.81 |----- | align="left" | 2013 || align="right"| 1.33 || align="right" | 160 || align="right" | 256 || align="right" | 92 || align="right" | 24.58 || align="right" | 28.30 |----- | align="left" | Change 2004-10 || align="right"| 75.0% || align="right" | 30.6% || align="right" | 11.9% || align="right" | -21.8% || align="right" | 59.3% || align="right" | 39.4% |----- | align="left" colspan=7 | <small> Mtoe = 11.63 TWh, Prim. energy includes energy losses </small> <small>2012R = CO2 calculation criteria changed, numbers updated </small> |}
== Oil == Bahrain was the first place on the Arabian side of the [[Persian Gulf]] where oil was discovered. The [[First Oil Well, Bahrain]] situated below [[Mountain of Smoke|Jabal al Dukhan]] has operated since 1932. It was operated by [[Bahrain Petroleum Company]].
In 2023, the petroleum production of Bahrain was rated at about 189,000 barrels per day.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bahrain's declining oil reserves |publisher=EBSCO Information Services |date=2024 |url=https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/science/bahrains-declining-oil-reserves |access-date=25 July 2025 |author=Prono, Luca }}</ref> The petroleum reserves were quoted as 168 million barrels in 2023.<ref name="oilgas2023"/>
== Gas == As of 2023, Bahrain was said to produce 16.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year and have reserves of 68 bcm.<ref name="oilgas2023">{{cite web |title=Bahrain's Energy Industry |publisher=TOGY International Limited |url=https://theenergyyear.com/market/bahrains-energy-industry/ |access-date=25 July 2025 |work=The Energy Year }}</ref>
==Business== [[Bahrain Petroleum Company]] (BAPCO), wholly owned by the [[government of Bahrain]], is a fully integrated [[Petroleum industry|oil company]].
[[Banagas]] is a large natural gas company.
== See also == {{Portal|Bahrain|Energy}} {{Commons category|Energy in Bahrain}} * [[List of power stations in Bahrain]]
==References== <references/>
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