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HIGHEST LONGEST BIGGEST LARGEST DEEPEST SMALLEST OF THE WORLD
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Iran
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Iraq
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Venezuela
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Saudi Arabia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Venezuela has the largest oil reserves of any country in the world, with more than 300 billion barrels of proven reserves.
Detailed explanation-2: -Got it! According to the 2022 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, Venezuela has more proved oil reserves than any other country in the world. Venezuela’s 304 billion barrels of proved reserves just edges out Saudi Arabia’s 298 billion barrels.
Detailed explanation-3: -Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves on the planet, largely due to the country’s placement above the La Luna Formation, a Cretaceous-era formation of organic-rich source rock that is ideal for oil deposits.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Orinoco Belt is a territory in the southern strip of the eastern Orinoco River Basin in Venezuela which overlies the world’s largest deposits of petroleum. Its local Spanish name is Faja Petrolífera del Orinoco (Orinoco Petroleum Belt).