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 28 Crude Oil Producers, May 2014 (including OPEC production) -- EIA

by David Rachovich

Production of Crude Oil including Lease Condensate (Thousand Barrels Per Day)#, May 2014 - EIA

Rank	Country	May 2014	April 2014	Share of total Apr 2014	April 2013
1.	Russia	10,085	10,083	13.2%	10,002
2.	Saudi Arabia*	9,690	9,690	12.7%	9,440
3.	United States	8,357	8,378	11.0%	7,308
4.	China	4,181	4,132	5.4%	4,174
5.	Canada	3,673	3,474	4.5%	3.237
6.	Iraq*	3,325	3,300	4.3%	3,175
7.	Iran*	3,230	3,230	4.2%	3,124
8.	United Arab Emirates*	2,820	2,820	3.7%	2,820
9.	Kuwait*	2,650	2,650	3.5%	2,650
10.	Mexico	2,530	2,518	3.3%	2,557
11.	Venezuela*	2,300	2,300	3.0%	2,300
12.	Nigeria*	2,270	2,340	3.1%	2,400
13.	Brazil	2,189	2,146	2.8%	1,923
14.	Angola*	1,690	1,740	2.3%	1,855
15.	Qatar*	1,573	1,573	2.1%	1,553
16.	Kazakhstan	1,564	1,644	2.1%	1,580
17.	Algeria*	1,420	1,420	1.9%	1,470
18.	Norway	1,376	1,603	2.1%	1,567
19.	Colombia	950	935	1.2%	1,007
20.	Oman	936	924	1.2%	910
21.	United Kingdom	869	821	1.1%	830
22.	Azerbaijan	824	830	1.1%	860
23.	Indonesia	800	790	1.0%	860
24.	India	761	772	1.0%	773
25.	Ecuador*	554	560	0.7%	516
26.	Argentina	528	515	0.7%	532
27.	Malaysia	499	510	0.7%	493
28.	Egypt	483	492	0.6%	522
OPEC**		31,752	31,833	41.6%	32,753
All Countries (World)		76,540	76,510	100.0%	76,003

# Rounded figures.

*OPEC member. Data for Kuwait and for Saudi Arabia each include one-half of the production in the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone.

**OPEC total includes also Libya's production of 1,450,000 barrels of crude per day in April 2013, 210,000 barrels of crude per day in April 2014 and 230,000 barrels of crude per day in May 2014.    

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics. Retrieved September 8, 2014, here

(Figures above may be updated by EIA at any time. Also, please see my posts "World's Top 23 Crude Oil Producers, November 2011" and "World's Top 25 Crude Oil Producers, 2010-2012". – D.R.)