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List of countries by natural gas proven reserves

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Trends in the five countries with largest proven reserves of natural gas, according to the US Energy Information Administration

CIA The World Factbook

oil and gas Industry Reserves by Nation — Countries by natural gas and oil proven reserves (2015)

World natural gas proven reserves 1960–2012 (OPEC)

This list is based on the CIA World Factbook (when no citation is given). or other authoritative third-party sources (as cited). Based on data from EIA, at the start of 2021, proven gas reserves were dominated by three countries: Iran, Russia, and Qatar.

There is some disagreement on which country has the largest proven gas reserves. Sources that consider Russia in possession of the world's largest proven reserves include the US CIA (47,600 cubic kilometers), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) (49,000 km3), and OPEC (48,810 km3). However, BP credits Russia with only 32,900 km3, which would place it in second place, slightly behind Iran (33,100 to 33,800 km3, depending on the source).

Due to constant announcements of shale gas recoverable reserves, as well as drilling in Central Asia, South America, Africa, and deepwater drilling, estimates are updated frequently. Since 2000, some countries, notably the US and Canada, have seen large increases in proven gas reserves due to development of shale gas, but shale gas deposits in most countries are yet to be added to reserve calculations.

List

Note: ***** indicates that the linked article is about natural gas production in the country or territory specifically, such as natural gas in Russia.

Country	U.S. EIA
(2021)	OPEC
(start of 2018)	BP
(end of 2020)	OTHERS	title=International - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)	url=https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world/natural-gas/dry-natural-gas-production?pd=3002&p=00g&u=0&f=A&v=mapbubble&a=-&i=none&vo=value&&t=C&g=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001&l=249-ruvvvvvfvtvnvv1vrvvvvfvvvvvvfvvvou20evvvvvvvvvvnvvvs0008&s=315532800000&e=1609459200000	website=www.eia.gov	access-date=25 July 2023}}	Years of
production
in reserve			205,500 (2020)				4,083.09	50
us*eft	47,800	47,760	37,400		701.55	68
us*eft	34,000	33,988	32,100		248.3	137
us*eft	23,900	23,861	24,700		169	141
us*eft	17,710	9,067	12,600		977.44	18
us*eft	10,000	9,838	13,600		87.02	115
us*eft	9,430	9,514	6,000		115.6	82
us*eft	6,650	2,934	8,400		212	31
us*eft	6,090	8,210	5,900		63.77	95
us*eft	6,000	5,707	6,300		15.9	377
us*eft	5,750	5,913	5,500		44.40	130
us*eft	4,500	4,504	2,300		102.1	44
us*eft	3,740	3,744	3,500		10.7	350
us*eft	3,230	3,173	2,400		147.1	22
us*eft	3,000				5.35	561
us*eft	2,400	1,898	2,300		20.0	120
us*eft	2,100	2,059	2,400		182.2	12
us*eft	2,000	1,227	2,500		31.38	64
us*eft	1,800	2,221	2,100		69.43	26
us*eft	1,800	1,784	1,700		21.3	85
us*eft	1,800	1,564	800		49.70	36
us*eft	1,600	2,314	1,400		115.1	14
us*eft	1,500	1,505	1,400		14.6	103
us*eft	1,400	1,289	1,300		32.3	43
us*eft	1,200	2,909	900		70.99	17
us*eft	1,100	304	1,100		18.9	58
us*eft	1,000	2,866	1,300		58.96	17
us*eft			1,000
us*eft	710	203	600		7.02	101
us*eft	710				0.40	1775
us*eft	650	884	700		39.19	17
us*eft	650	273	400		16.3	40
us*eft	590	757	400		33.39	18
us*eft	487	381	400		40.44	12
us*eft	480		300		0.12	4000
us*eft	453
us*eft	370	325	300		23.8	16
us*eft	340	422			5.86	58
us*eft	310	433	290		25.7	12
us*eft	310	513	261		12	26
us*eft	310	310	213		15.5	20
us*eft	300	284			0.42	714
us*eft	260	252	222		11.4	23
us*eft	240	300	269		3.26	74
us*eft	180		589		17.7	10
us*eft	180	269	187		32.48	6
us*eft	180	146	178		23.9	8
us*eft	180		163		11.4	16
us*eft	140	180	143		36.36	4
us*eft	140	152			2.3	61
us*eft	140	145			5.83	24
us*eft	130	804	130		21.6	6
us*eft	130	346	110		23.9	5
us*eft	100	105	78		9.32	11
us*eft	99				3	33
us*eft	99	5.30			1.4	71
us*eft	91	56.3	72.2		5.64	16
us*eft	88	104	86		11.4	8
us*eft	82		64.8		18.6	4
us*eft	80				0	-
us*eft	71				0.91	78
us*eft	65				1.4	46
us*eft	62				0	-
us*eft	60				0.06	1000
us*eft	51				0.079	646
us*eft	48				0.40	120
us*eft	45	27.1	100		3.2	14
us*eft	32				0	-
us*eft	31				4.13	8
us*eft	30	73.9	100		1.2	25
us*eft	30				2.5	12
us*eft	30				0.82	37
us*eft	30				0	-
us*eft	30				0	-
us*eft	30	25.5			0.45	67
us*eft	20	39.6	100		4.98	4
us*eft	20				2.92	7
us*eft	20				2.4	8
us*eft	10				1.6	6
us*eft	10				0.062	161
us*eft	10				0	-
us*eft	10	5.4			0.31	32
us*eft	8	8.5			0.01	800
us*eft	8				0.05	160
us*eft	8				0.02	400
us*eft	6				1.3	5
us*eft	6				1.2	5
us*eft	6				0.19	32
us*eft	6				0.091	66
us*eft	6				0.059	102
us*eft	6				0.037	162
us*eft	6				0.02	300
us*eft	6				0.02	300
us*eft	6				0	-
us*eft	3				1.5	2
us*eft	3				0.20	15
us*eft	3				0.074	41
us*eft	3	0				0
us*eft	2.55				0.048	53
us*eft	1.44	474			0.12	12
us*eft	1.13				0	-
us*eft	0.99				0.06	16
us*eft	0.99				0	-
us*eft	0.11				0.01	11
us*eft	0	18.0			0

Comparison of proven natural gas reserves from different sources (cubic kilometers, as of 31 December 2014/1 January 2015)

Source	Canada	Iran	Russia	Saudi Arabia	United States	Venezuela
BP	2,000	34,000	32,800	8,200	9,800	5,600
OPEC	2,028	34,020	49,541	8,489	9,580	5,617
U.S. Energy Information Administration	2,535	42,426	59,619	10,393	10,441	6,960

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615230151/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2253rank.html Rank Order - Natural gas - proved reserves]. Retrieved June 2014.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615230151/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2253rank.html Natural gas - proved reserves]. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
(January 2018)
OPEC, [http://www.opec.org/library/Annual%20Statistical%20Bulletin/interactive/current/FileZ/XL/T32.HTM Table 3.2 Natural gas proven reserves by country] {{Webarchive. link. (27 February 2018 . Retrieved 1 December 2013.)
BP, [http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/statistical-review-of-world-energy-2013.html BP Statistical Review of World Energy], June 2013. {{webarchive. link. (6 December 2013)
U.S. Energy Information Administration, [http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=5&pid=57&aid=6 International Energy Statistics], accessed 17 Jan. 2019.
OPEC, [http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/publications/202.htm Annual Statistical Bulletin 2018]
BP, [https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/xlsx/energy-economics/statistical-review/bp-stats-review-2022-all-data.xlsx Statistical Review of World Energy], June 2022.
"International - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)".
(EIA Reserves and Production)
[https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/statistical-review-2015/bp-statistical-review-of-world-energy-2015-full-report.pdf BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 2015]
[http://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/publications/ASB2015.pdf OPEC Statistical Bulletin, 2015].
[http://www.eia.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject/IEDIndex3.cfm?tid=3&pid=3&aid=6 International Data: Natural Gas Reserves], US EIA. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

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