WORLD OIL MAP 2026
World Oil Map is an independent, open-source location-intelligence project that maps oil and gas exploration, production and infrastructure using official national spatial data and other public sources. Below are independent publications, courses and recognitions that cite the project or use it as a data source. We list only mentions we have checked ourselves, and we describe each one as it appears at the source.
Information is Beautiful Awards, Data Visualization Society
The project was entered in the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2019 and appears on the Longlist in the "Places, Spaces & Environment" category. The showcase page presents it as an independent initiative to monitor the oil and gas industry and links back to this site.
Der Tagesspiegel, interactive visual investigation · original German title: "Ölbohrung zwischen Giraffen" (English title translated by us)
A scrollytelling investigation into the EACOP heated crude pipeline in Uganda and its effects on a national park and on displaced communities. Its data-sources section lists oilmap.xyz as the source for oil exploration and production areas, alongside satellite imagery and protected-area databases.
Moose on the Loose, video commentary & energy analysis (YouTube) · hosted by David
An in-depth political and economic analysis of Canada's oil export bottlenecks, rising competition from Venezuelan heavy crude in the US Gulf Coast, and the push for a new pipeline corridor to the Pacific. The host evaluates trade dependencies with the United States and the strategic necessity of diversifying export routes to Asian markets.
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Geology · course page in Ukrainian, English version available
An elective, 5-credit (ECTS) course in the first-cycle Geology programme covering the geology of petroleum provinces and the global distribution of hydrocarbon resources. World Oil Map 2021 is included in the course's recommended literature next to the U.S. Geological Survey's world resource assessments.
Stephen Turner, University of Amsterdam · NECSUS, European Journal of Media Studies (Spring 2023, #Ports)
An essay on ports, logistics and online images. A footnote points readers to oilmap.xyz, together with ship-tracking maps, as an example of a map underpinned by the oil economy that drives global shipping.
Wikipédia, French edition (articles in French): "Région pétrolifère" and "Liste des pays par production de pétrole"
Both articles cite World Oil Map in their footnotes, under the title "Carte du Pétrole et Gaz 2020" by Roque Leal, linking to the French edition of the map. The first article, an overview of the world's main petroleum regions, also lists the map among its external links.
Please link to the canonical address https://oilmap.xyz/ and mention the date you accessed the data, since layers are updated over time.
Leal, R. (2026). World Oil Map [Interactive web map]. https://oilmap.xyz/
@misc{leal_worldoilmap,
author = {Leal, Roque},
title = {World Oil Map},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://oilmap.xyz/}}
}
Send the link to roqueleal@gmail.com and we will review it. The project is open source and distributed under the GPL license; the repository is on GitHub.