The chart below shows the proportions of the world’s oil resources held in different areas, together with the proportions consumed annually in the same areas. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram illustrates the data about the percentage of

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resources

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of total world. Generally speaking, the Middle East area holds the largest percentage of

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resources

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,

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regions

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as Asia, the United States, and Western Europe reveal huge

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of

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resources

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.

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the graph, more than half of the

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resources

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are stored in the Middle East;

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approximately three times the sum of those of Canada and Central and South America.

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to the abundant

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resource reserves in the Middle East, Asia,

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United States,

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Western Europe have discovered a severe shortage of

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resources

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, as the total percentage of expense has reached 60% of the world in total.

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, they could merely provide less than 5% of the total world.