List of countries by natural gas proven reserves
This is a list of countries by natural gas proven reserves based on The World Factbook.[1] Based on data from BP at the end of 2009 proved gas reserves are dominated by three countries: Russia (24%), Iran (16%) and Qatar (14%).[2] A study by Gaffney, Cline & Associates estimates Turkmenistan’s South Iolotan natural gas field reserve at 21.2 trillion cubic meters - far above the BP estimate of 2.9 tcm for this field. This places Turkmenistan's reserves at 25.8 trillion cubic meters, ahead of Qatar but still behind Iran.[3][4] Due to constant announcements of shale gas recoverable reserves, as well as drilling in Central Asia, South America and Africa, deepwater drilling, estimates are undergoing frequent updates, with bias towards increases.
| Rank | Country/Region | Natural gas proven reserves (m³) |
% of total | Date of information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | World | 300,000,000,000,000 | 100% | 1 January 2012 est. |
| 1 | 22x20px Russia | 55,000,000,000,000 | 18.3% | 2010 est.[5] |
| 2 | 22x20px Iran | 33,500,000,000,000 | 11.1% | 1 January 2011 est. |
| 3 | 22x20px Turkmenistan | 26,200,000,000,000 | 8.73% | 1 January 2012 est.[6] |
| 4 | 22x20px Qatar | 25,470,000,000,000 | 8.5% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 5 |  United States |
7,716,000,000,000 | 2.55% | 1 January 2009 est. |
| 6 | 22x20px Saudi Arabia | 7,461,000,000,000 | 2.49% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 7 | 22x20px Azerbaijan | 6,071,000,000,000 | 2.02% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 8 | 22x20px Venezuela | 5,524,500,000,000 | 1.84% | 19 July 2011[7] |
| 9 | 22x20px Nigeria | 5,246,000,000,000 | 2.75% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 10 |  Algeria |
4,502,000,000,000 | 2.37% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 11 | 22x20px Iraq | 3,170,000,000,000 | 1.67% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 12 | 22x20px Australia | 3,115,000,000,000 | 1.64% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 13 | 22x20px Indonesia | 3,001,000,000,000 | 1.58% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 14 | 22x20px Kazakhstan | 2,407,000,000,000 | 1.27% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 15 | 22x20px Malaysia | 2,350,000,000,000 | 1.24% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 16 | 22x20px Norway | 2,313,000,000,000 | 1.22% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 17 | 22x20px European Union | 2,250,000,000,000 | 1.18% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 18 | 22x20px Uzbekistan | 1,841,000,000,000 | 0.97% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 19 |  Kuwait |
1,798,000,000,000 | 0.95% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 20 |  Canada |
1,754,000,000,000 | 0.92% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 21 | 22x20px Egypt | 1,656,000,000,000 | 0.87% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 22 | 22x20px Libya | 1,539,000,000,000 | 0.81% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 23 | 22x20px Netherlands | 1,416,000,000,000 | 0.74% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 24 | 22x20px Ukraine | 1,104,000,000,000 | 0.58% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 25 |  India |
1,075,000,000,000 | 0.57% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 26 | 22x20px Oman | 849,500,000,000 | 0.45% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 27 | 22x20px Pakistan | 840,200,000,000 | 0.44% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 28 |  China |
800,000,000,000 | 0.42% | 1 January 2011 est. |
| 30 | 22x20px Bolivia | 750,400,000,000 | 0.39% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 31 | 22x20px Vietnam | 680,000,000,000 | 0.36% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 32 | 22x20px Yemen | 478,500,000,000 | 0.25% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 33 | 22x20px Trinidad and Tobago | 436,100,000,000 | 0.23% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 34 |  Argentina |
398,400,000,000 | 0.21% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 35 | 22x20px Brunei | 390,800,000,000 | 0.21% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 36 | 22x20px Brazil | 364,200,000,000 | 0.19% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 37 | 22x20px Mexico | 359,700,000,000 | 0.19% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 38 | 22x20px Thailand | 342,000,000,000 | 0.18% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 39 | 22x20px Peru | 334,100,000,000 | 0.18% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 40 | 22x20px United Kingdom | 292,000,000,000 | 0.15% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 41 | 22x20px Burma | 283,200,000,000 | 0.15% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 42 | 22x20px Angola | 271,800,000,000 | 0.14% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 43 | 22x20px Syria | 240,700,000,000 | 0.13% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 44 | 22x20px Papua New Guinea | 226,500,000,000 | 0.12% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 45 | 22x20px Timor-Leste | 200,000,000,000 | 0.10% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 46 | 22x20px Bangladesh | 195,400,000,000 | 0.10% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 47 | 22x20px Germany | 175,600,000,000 | 0.09% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 48 | 22x20px Poland | 164,800,000,000 | 0.09% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 49 | 22x20px Cameroon | 135,100,000,000 | 0.07% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 50 | 22x20px Mozambique | 127,400,000,000 | 0.07% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 51 | 22x20px Colombia | 112,000,000,000 | 0.06% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 52 | 22x20px Philippines | 108,700,000,000 | 0.06% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 53 | 22x20px Chile | 97,970,000,000 | 0.05% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 54 | 22x20px Bahrain | 92,030,000,000 | 0.05% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 55 | 22x20px Congo, Republic of the | 90,610,000,000 | 0.05% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 56 | 22x20px Sudan | 84,950,000,000 | 0.04% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 57 | 22x20px Cuba | 70,790,000,000 | 0.04% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 58 | 22x20px Italy | 69,830,000,000 | 0.04% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 59 | 22x20px Tunisia | 65,130,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 60 | 22x20px Romania | 63,000,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 61 | 22x20px Namibia | 62,290,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 62 | 22x20px Denmark | 61,300,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 63 | 22x20px Rwanda | 56,630,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 64 | 22x20px Korea, South | 50,000,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 65 | 22x20px Afghanistan | 49,550,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 66 | 22x20px Serbia | 48,140,000,000 | 0.03% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 67 | 22x20px Equatorial Guinea | 36,810,000,000 | 0.02% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 68 | 22x20px New Zealand | 33,980,000,000 | 0.02% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 69 | 22x20px Croatia | 30,580,000,000 | 0.02% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 70 | 22x20px Israel | 30,440,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 71 | 22x20px Cote d'Ivoire | 28,320,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 72 | 22x20px Mauritania | 28,320,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 73 | 22x20px Gabon | 28,320,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 74 | 22x20px Ethiopia | 24,920,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 75 | 22x20px Austria | 24,800,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 76 | 22x20px Ghana | 22,650,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 77 |  Japan |
20,900,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 78 | 22x20px Slovakia | 14,160,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 79 | 22x20px Ireland | 9,911,000,000 | 0.01% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 80 | 22x20px Georgia | 8,495,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 81 | 22x20px Hungary | 8,098,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 82 | 22x20px Ecuador | 7,985,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 83 | 22x20px France | 7,079,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 84 | 22x20px Tanzania | 6,513,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 85 | 22x20px Taiwan | 6,229,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 86 | 22x20px Turkey | 6,088,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 87 | 22x20px Jordan | 6,031,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 88 | 22x20px Bulgaria | 5,663,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 89 | 22x20px Tajikistan | 5,663,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 90 | 22x20px Somalia | 5,663,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 91 | 22x20px Kyrgyzstan | 5,663,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 92 | 22x20px Czech Republic | 3,072,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 93 | 22x20px Guatemala | 2,960,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 94 | 22x20px Belarus | 2,832,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 95 | 22x20px Spain | 2,548,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 96 | 22x20px Morocco | 1,501,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 97 | 22x20px Benin | 1,133,000,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 98 | 22x20px Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 991,100,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 99 | 22x20px Greece | 991,100,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 100 | 22x20px Albania | 849,500,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 101 | 22x20px Barbados | 113,300,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2010 est. |
| 102 | 22x20px South Africa | 27,160,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2006 est. |
| 103 | 22x20px Macau | 300,000 | 0.00% | 1 January 2008 est. |
- Star denotes includes "recoverable portion of shale reserves"
See also
References
- ↑ Rank Order - Natural gas - proved reserves, accessed in March 2011
- ↑ 2011 report on oil and gas companies, Promoting revenue Transparency Transparency International 2011 page reserves 113
- ↑ GCA: Turkmenistan's Iolotan gas field is world's second-largest Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA)
- ↑ GCA: Turkmenistan Says Gas Field In World's Top Five Gaffney, Cline & Associates (GCA)
- ↑ http://en.rian.ru/world/20100424/158729140.html
- ↑ http://en.ria.ru/world/20120310/172072620.html
- ↑ Template:Cita noticia
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