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The table below show daily oil production in four countries from 2000 to 2004. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below show daily oil production in four countries from 2000 to 2004. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table shows how much oil was produced daily in four countries—Nigeria,
Chad
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, Congo, and Somalia—from 2000 to 2004, with the amounts measured in
barrels
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 per day.
Overall
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, Congo produced the most oil throughout the period, even though its
production
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 dropped over time. Nigeria’s
production
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 went up and down,
while
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Chad
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 and Somalia saw large increases, especially in the later years. Congo started as the top producer in 2020 with 275,000
barrels
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 per day, but
this
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 number fell each year, ending at 203,000
barrels
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 in 2004. Nigeria’s
production
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 began at 205,000
barrels
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, dipped to 343,000
barrels
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 in 2002, and
then
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 gradually increased to 213,000
barrels
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 by 2004.
Chad
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 and Somalia had much lower
production
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 at first.
Chad
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 produced no oil until 2003, with 8,000
barrels
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, which grew to 50,000 in 2024.
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, Somalia started at 5,000
barrels
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 in 2000 and steadily increased to match
Chad
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’s 50,000
barrels
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 by the end of the period.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words chad, barrels, production with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "increases" was used 3 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Production levels
  • Trends
  • Increase/decrease
  • Fluctuation
  • Stable
  • Peak production
  • Output
  • Significant changes
  • Yearly comparison
  • Global production
  • Correlations
  • Patterns
  • Volume of production
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