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The bar chart below shows the production of the world’s oil in OPEC and non-OPEC countries.

The bar chart below shows the production of the world’s oil in OPEC and non-OPEC countries.
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The bar chart illustrates the number of
barrels
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 of
oil
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 produced globally by
OPEC
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 and non-
OPEC
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 regions from 1980 to 2010, with a forecast for 2020.
Overall
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, non-
OPEC
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countries
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 show continuous growth in
oil
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production
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,
while
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OPEC
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 regions, including Middle Eastern
OPEC
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countries
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 and other
OPEC
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 nations, are expected to experience a decline.
To begin
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 with, non-
OPEC
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countries
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 produced around 2
million
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barrels
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 of
oil
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 in 1980.
This
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 figure tripled to approximately 6
million
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barrels
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 by 2000 and is projected to reach over 15
million
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barrels
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 by 2020.
Conversely
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, other
OPEC
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countries
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 produced about 7
million
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barrels
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 of
oil
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 in 1980, making them the top
oil
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 producers at that time.
However
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, their
production
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 declined steadily to around 3
million
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barrels
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 by 2010 and is forecasted to drop to approximately 1
million
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barrels
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 by 2020. Middle Eastern
OPEC
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countries
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initially
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 produced
oil
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 at similar levels to other
OPEC
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countries
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, around 6
million
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barrels
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 in 1980. Their
production
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 saw a slight increase to about 7
million
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barrels
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 by 2000 but
then
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 decreased to around 4
million
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barrels
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 by 2010.
This
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 downward trend is expected to continue, with
production
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 falling to about 2
million
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barrels
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 by 2020.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words barrels, oil, opec, countries, production, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "decline" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
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