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World Oil Transit Chokepoints

Contained in this dataset are the locations of the world's oil chokepoints - i.e., narrow maritime channels that are widely used to transport oil and petroleum products. 2006 estimates of oil flow (in bbl/d), oil source origins and primary destinations for each chokepoint are also indicated.

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
Longitude 1.87 - 40.78 26.68 19.64 14.41

Longitude

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Name of Chokepoint

Destination text column (no statistics available)

Primary Destination

Oil Flow 0.50 - 17.00 4.50 7.12 7.03

2006 Estimate of Oil Flow (bbl/d)in Millions

Origin text column (no statistics available)

Oil Source Origin

Width 0.02 - 21.00 1.70 6.90 9.82

Width of Channel at Narrowest Point

Latitude -79.18 - 102.24 43.52 31.01 60.08

Latitude