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The bar chart below shows the production of the world’s oil in OPEC and non-OPEC countries. Write a short report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.

The bar chart below shows the production of the world’s oil in OPEC and non-OPEC countries. Write a short report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below.
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The bar graph illustrates how much oil is produced both in OPEC and in non-OPEC countries over a period of 20 years (1980 to 2020).
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 ,between 1980 and 2010 most of the grease was made in the OPEC region (including the Middle East side) , and
then
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 , between 2010 and 2020 the biggest part of the oil was produced in OPEC-free regions.
According to
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 the graph , in the period 1980-2000 around 10 per cent of lubricant was made in OPEC regions ,
while
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 between 2000 and 2010 more than 13 per cent was made in
this
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 type of countries , but in 2010-2020 the percentage dropped to less than 3.
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, the percentage of oil produced in Non-OPEC regions started from nearly 2 in 1980 and got to over 15 in 2020, which was a big growth. So, from representing the smallest percentage in 1980-2000, Non-OPEC countries became the first-place grease producer by 2020.

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Vocabulary: Only 6 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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