World's Top 20 Natural Gas Exporters -- EIA

by David Rachovich

Exports of Natural Gas (volumes in billion cubic feet)# - EIA

Rank	Country	2012	Share of total 2012	2013	2014 first half
1.	Russia	7,372	20.1%
2.	Qatar	4,267	11.6%
3.	Norway	3,903	10.6%	3,630
4.	Canada	3,118	8.5%	2,912
5.	Netherlands	2,133	5.8%	2,376
6.	Algeria	1,730	4.7%
7.	Turkmenistan	1,624	4.4%
8.	United States	1,619	4.4%	1,572	779
9.	Indonesia	1,230	3.3%
10.	Malaysia	1,149	3.1%
11.	Nigeria	946	2.6%
12.	Australia	925	2.5%	1,150
13.	Trinidad & To	641	1.7%
14.	Germany	640	1.7%	665
15.	Bolivia	513	1.4%
16.	United Kingdom	423	1.2%	350
17.	Kazakhstan	402	1.1%
18.	Oman	384	1.0%
19.	Uzbekistan	360	1.0%
20.	Iran	326	0.9%
All Countries (World)		36,722	100.0%

# Rounded figures.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics. Retrieved September 19, 2014, here and EIA, US Natural Gas Exports and Re-Exports by Country, August 29, 2014, here

(Figures above may be updated by EIA. Norway is the world's third-largest exporter of natural gas after Russia and Qatar. But Australia is the third-largest liquefied natural gas –  LNG  – exporter in the world behind Qatar and Malaysia. According to EIA, Australia exports almost exclusively to Asian markets, with Japan purchasing c. 80% of Australia's LNG exports in 2013, mostly through long-term contracts. U.S. natural gas exports grew from 244 bcf in 2000 to 1,619 bcf in 2012. –  D.R.)

World's Top 25 Natural Gas Producers, 2008-2013 -- BP

by David Rachovich

Natural Gas Production* in billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d), 2008-2013

Rank	Country	2013	2013 share of total	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008
1.	United States	66.5	20.6%	65.7	62.7	58.4	56.5	55.1
2.	Russia	58.5	17.9%	57.2	58.7	57.0	51.1	58.1
3.	Iran	16.1	4.9%	16.0	15.5	14.7	14.0	12.8
4.	Qatar	15.3	4.7%	14.6	14.1	11.3	8.6	7.4
5.	Canada	15.0	4.6%	15.1	15.5	15.5	15.9	17.0
6.	China	11.3	3.5%	10.3	9.9	9.2	8.2	7.7
7.	Norway	10.5	3.2%	11.1	9.8	10.4	10.1	9.7
8.	Saudi Arabia	10.0	3.0%	9.6	8.9	8.5	7.6	7.8
9.	Algeria	7.6	2.3%	7.9	8.0	7.8	7.7	8.3
10.	Indonesia	6.8	2.1%	6.9	7.3	7.9	7.0	6.7
11.	Malaysia	6.7	2.0%	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.1	6.2
12.	Netherlands	6.6	2.0%	6.2	6.2	6.8	6.1	6.4
13.	Turkmenistan	6.0	1.8%	6.0	5.8	4.1	3.5	6.4
14.	Mexico	5.5	1.7%	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.1
15.	United Arab Emirates	5.4	1.7%	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.7	4.8
16.	Egypt	5.4	1.7%	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.1	5.7
17.	Uzbekistan	5.3	1.6%	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.8	6.0
18.	Trinidad and Tobago	4.1	1.3%	4.1	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.0
19.	Australia	4.1	1.3%	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.1	3.7
20.	Thailand	4.0	1.2%	4.0	3.6	3.5	3.0	2.8
21.	Pakistan	3.7	1.1%	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.6
22.	Nigeria	3.5	1.1%	4.2	3.9	3.6	2.5	3.5
23.	United Kingdom	3.5	1.1%	3.8	4.4	5.5	5.8	6.7
24.	Argentina	3.4	1.1%	3.6	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.3
25.	India	3.3	1.0%	3.9	4.5	4.9	3.8	2.9
Total World		326.0	100.0%	322.6	318.1	308.7	288.4	296.1

*Excluding gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.

Note: Natural gas production data expressed in billion cubic meters (bcm) is also available at www.bp.com/statisticalreview.

Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy, June 2014, here (Historical Data Workbook)

(United States is the world's largest producer of natural gas, producing 66.5 bcf/d or 687.6 bcm -- dry gas production -- in 2013. USA natural gas marketed production reached 70.18 bcf/d in 2013. Top 10 USA natural gas producers at year-end 2013 are: ExxonMobil, Chesapeake Energy, Anadarko, Devon Energy, Southwestern Energy Co, BP, ConocoPhillips, Encana, BHP Billiton, and Chevron, according to NGSA study. USA surpassed Russia as world's top natural gas producer in 2009. Also, please my previous post "World's Top 21 Natural Gas Producers, 2005-2010 -- BP". - D.R.)