{2006 data}

Rank        Country            Proved reserves (billion barrels)

1.        Saudi Arabia                     264.3
2.        Canada                            178.8
3.        Iran                                      132.5
4.        Iraq                                       115.0
5.        Kuwait                                 101.5
6.        United Arab Emirates        97.8
7.        Venezuela                           79.7
8.        Russia                                 60.0
9.        Libya                                 39.1
10.        Nigeria                              35.9


{can't see how Canada has passed it's peak oil production capability...

can't see how that would have much to do with Middle East politics, either}