The table below shows the estimated oil capacity of six countries, in millions of barrels per day, from 1990 to 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates the estimated amount of
oil
produced in 6 Use synonyms
countries
between 1990 and 2010, measured in millions of Use synonyms
barrels
per Use synonyms
day
.
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Overall
, Linking Words
oil
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production
capacity tended to Use synonyms
increase
during Use synonyms
this
20-year period. The figures for Saudi Arabia were significantly higher than in the other Linking Words
countries
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while
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production
was least in Qatar.
From 1990 to 2010, there was a significant Use synonyms
increase
in Use synonyms
oil
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production
in Saudi Arabia. In 1990, just over 8 Use synonyms
million
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barrels
per Use synonyms
day
were produced and Use synonyms
this
rose steadily, reaching a peak of over 14 Linking Words
million
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barrels
per Use synonyms
day
in 2010. Use synonyms
In contrast
, the smallest producer was Qatar. Despite a slight Linking Words
increase
in 2000, Use synonyms
production
in Qatar remained relatively stable at less than 1 Use synonyms
million
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barrels
per Use synonyms
day
.
The other Use synonyms
countries
saw a slight rise in Use synonyms
oil
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production
over the period. The estimated figure for Iran in 1990 was over 3 Use synonyms
million
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barrels
per Use synonyms
day
, compared with around 2 Use synonyms
million
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barrels
in the other three Use synonyms
countries
. Use synonyms
Although
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production
did not Use synonyms
increase
in 2000 in the UAE, the amount of Use synonyms
oil
produced peaked in 2010 in Iran at over 4 Use synonyms
million
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barrels
and at almost 4 Use synonyms
million
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barrels
in Iraq, Kuwait and the UAE.Use synonyms
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Vocabulary: Replace the words oil, countries, barrels, day, production, increase, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "significantly" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.
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