energy exports

Sold power abroad

Energy exports are fuel and power sold to other countries—oil, natural gas, coal, electricity, or refined petroleum products.

Nations rich in these resources use energy exports as economic engines and sometimes geopolitical leverage: Russia's energy exports to Europe, Saudi Arabia dominates global energy exports.

The term appears frequently in discussions of trade balances and energy independence.

crude oilUnrefined fossil fuel
natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
gas pipelineTube for fuel transport
Nord StreamUnderwater Baltic gas pipeline
OPECPetroleum exporters' coalition

barrel of oil · oil embargo · coal · pipelines · LNG · sanctions · spot price · trade agreements · Persian Gulf · petrostates · carbon footprint · biofuels · power grid · petroleum · fossil fuels · shipping routes · export tariffs · tanker ships

Opposites

trade direction

energy exportsenergy imports

Resources bought from other nations

oil imports · fuel imports · strategic reserves

domestic vs. international destination

energy exportsdomestic consumption

Spending within one's country

economic relationship to foreign markets

energy exportsenergy dependence

Relying on external power sources

Family

energy, exports

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