Estimated Proved Reserves of Natural Gas
Rank
|
Country
|
Proved reserves
(billion cubic feet), Jan 1, 2011 |
Proved reserves (billion cubic feet), Jan 1, 2010
|
Share of total, Jan 1, 2011
|
1.
|
Russia
|
1,680,000
|
1,680,000
|
25.3%
|
2.
|
Iran*
|
1,045,670
|
1,045,670
|
15.7%
|
3.
|
Qatar*
|
895,800
|
899,325
|
13.5%
|
4.
|
Saudi Arabia*
|
275,200
|
263,000
|
4.1%
|
5.
|
Turkmenistan
|
265,000
|
265,000
|
4.0%
|
6.
|
United States
|
244,656
|
244,656
|
3.7%
|
7.
|
United Arab Emirates*
|
227,900
|
214,400
|
3.4%
|
8.
|
Nigeria*
|
186,880
|
185,280
|
2.8%
|
9.
|
Venezuela*
|
178,860
|
175,970
|
2.7%
|
10.
|
Algeria*
|
159,000
|
159,000
|
2.4%
|
11.
|
Iraq*
|
111,940
|
111,940
|
1.7%
|
12.
|
Australia
|
110,000
|
110,000
|
1.7%
|
13.
|
China
|
107,000
|
107,000
|
1.6%
|
14.
|
Indonesia
|
106,000
|
106,000
|
1.6%
|
15.
|
Kazakhstan
|
85,000
|
85,000
|
1.3%
|
16.
|
Malaysia
|
83,000
|
83,000
|
1.2%
|
17.
|
Egypt
|
77,200
|
58,500
|
1.2%
|
18.
|
Norway
|
72,000
|
81,680
|
1.1%
|
19.
|
Uzbekistan
|
65,000
|
65,000
|
1.0%
|
20.
|
Kuwait*
|
63,000
|
63,000
|
0.9%
|
21.
|
Canada
|
61,950
|
61,950
|
0.9%
|
22.
|
Libya*
|
54,680
|
54,362
|
0.8%
|
Top 22 countries
|
6,155,736
|
6,119,733
|
92.6%
| |
Rest of world
|
491,605
|
489,613
|
7.4%
| |
World total
|
6,647,341
|
6,609,346
|
100.0%
| |
Total OPEC**
|
3,211,152
|
3,182,829
|
48.3%
| |
* OPEC member. Data for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia exclude one-half of the reserves in the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone. Neutral Zone contains 1,000 bcf, i.e. 1 tcf, of gas reserves.
**Including also Angola, Ecuador and the Neutral Zone.
Source: "Special Report – Worldwide Look at Reserves and Production," Oil & Gas Journal, Dec 6, 2010.
(For the world's technically recoverable gas resources figure/estimate, including shale gas resources, please see my post "World Shale Gas Resources Outside US Assessed," here. Also, please see Aaron and David Rachovich, "World's Top 21 Natural Gas Producers, 2005-2010 -- BP," here and our post "World's Top 22 Proven Oil Reserves Holders, Jan 1, 2011 -- OGJ," here. Furthermore, please see "World's Top 23 Proven Oil Reserves Holders, Jan 1, 2012 -- OGJ" and "World's Top 15 Natural Gas Proven Reserve Holders, Jan 1, 2012 -- OGJ." -- D.R.)
(For the world's technically recoverable gas resources figure/estimate, including shale gas resources, please see my post "World Shale Gas Resources Outside US Assessed," here. Also, please see Aaron and David Rachovich, "World's Top 21 Natural Gas Producers, 2005-2010 -- BP," here and our post "World's Top 22 Proven Oil Reserves Holders, Jan 1, 2011 -- OGJ," here. Furthermore, please see "World's Top 23 Proven Oil Reserves Holders, Jan 1, 2012 -- OGJ" and "World's Top 15 Natural Gas Proven Reserve Holders, Jan 1, 2012 -- OGJ." -- D.R.)
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