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.)