Photos: DYK: The World's Top Oil Producing Countries

Here's a look at the world's top oil producers according to recent estimates from the CIA World Factbook. In the first picture below, a camel walks amongst power grid towers in the Kuwaiti desert February 14, 2014.
Kuwaiti oil refineries were at risk of shutdowns because of an inadequate power supply system, which has blighted the oil… more producer during years of rapid demand growth and under investment

10. Kuwait - 2,979,000 barrels/day

9. Mexico - 2,936,000 barrels/day

People walk on the beach near the 'Lolair' drilling platform from state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) after the rig arrived for maintenance at the port of Veracruz, Mexico in June 2012.

8. Iraq - 2,979,000 barrels/day

A member of Kurdish security forces takes up position with his weapon as he guards an oil refinery on the outskirts of Mosul on June 22, 2014.

Here's a look at the world's top oil producers according to recent estimates from the CIA World Factbook.In this picture, a camel walks amongst power grid towers in the Kuwaiti desert February 14, 2014. Kuwaiti oil refineries were at risk of shutdowns because of an inadequate power supply system, which has blighted the oil producer during years of rapid demand growth and underinvestment.

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7. United Arab Emirates - 3,213,000 barrels/day

The Dubai skyline is seen during the late afternoon from the Sheikh Zayed highway in March 2010

6. Iran - 3,594,000 barrels/day

Gas flares from an oil production platform are seen at the Soroush oil fields in the Persian Gulf, 1,250 kilometers south of the capital Tehran in July 2005. 

5. Canada - 3,856,000 barrels/day

The Syncrude oil sands extraction facility is reflected in a tailings pond near the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. 

4. China - 4,197,000 barrels/day

A worker rides in a speedboat off Bluewater's floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Munin, which floats on the Lufeng oil field, 250 kilometers south-east of Hong Kong in the South China Sea in May 2006.

3. Russia - 10,440,000 barrels/day

A pipeline builder walks towards a shed for welders to solder pipes for the East Siberian Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline in Russia's Far Eastern Federal District in October 2010. 

2. United States - 11,110,000 barrels/day

Brian Waldner is covered in mud and oil while wrestling pipe on a True Company oil drilling rig outside Watford, North Dakota, USA in October 2012. 

1. Saudi Arabia 11,730,000 barrels/day

Shaybah oilfield complex is seen at night in the Rub' al-Khali desert, Saudi Arabia, in November 2007.

Here's a look at the world's top oil producers according to recent estimates from the CIA World Factbook.In this picture, a camel walks amongst power grid towers in the Kuwaiti desert February 14, 2014. Kuwaiti oil refineries were at risk of shutdowns because of an inadequate power supply system, which has blighted the oil producer during years of rapid demand growth and underinvestment.

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I know what you are thinking! Like what happened to Nigeria?