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10. Kuwait

Crude production: 2.75 million barrels per day
Share of world production: 3.1 percent
Daily exports to the U.S.: 352,000 barrels
Proven reserves: 104 billion barrels

Pictured: A Kuwait Oil Co. drilling rig operates on the northern border between Iraq and Kuwait.

Photo: Getty Images

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