The bar chart below shows the production of the world's oil in OPEC and Non-OPEC countries. Write a short report for 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 university lecturer describing the information shown below.
The given charts show how much
oil
was produced by
OPEC
and non-
OPEC
countries
in
ages
Correct article usage
the ages
show examples
between 1980 and 2020. There are three groups:
first,
take 20 years from 1980 to 2000, and the other groups take the first and second decades of 21 century. As we can see in the first period
OPEC
Middle Eastern
countries
weren't producing
oil
.
However
, more than half of
oil
was produced by Other
OPEC
countries
. The
overall
value of barrels was over 10.
Then
in the second group,
oil
production
increased by close to 20 barrels, but part of other
OPEC
countries
decreased to about a third of
overall
production
, the same as Middle Eastern
countries
. In the
last
decade, part of non-
OPEC
countries
dramatically increased and produced over 15 barrels. At the same time,
production
of all
OPEC
countries
fell sharply.
Overall
, non-
OPEC
countries
'
oil
production
had an upward trend through all periods,
in contrast
,
OPEC
countries
'
production
gradually declined.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "overall".
Vocabulary: Replace the words oil, opec, countries, production with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Bar chart
  • World oil production
  • OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
  • Non-OPEC countries
  • Trends
  • Data analysis
  • Comparison
  • Oil reserves
  • Barrels per day
  • Percentage share
  • Production capacity
  • Fluctuate
  • Peak
  • Rise/increase
  • Decline/decrease
  • Over time
  • Crude oil
  • Export
  • Market dynamics
  • Energy sector
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