Current Status of Natural gas production in world Project Class 10

Natural Gas----

Production trends

In 2009, world production of natural gas was cut down by 2.8%.Different trends were noticed among largest gas producers. The US became the world's largest gas producer in 2009, exceeding Russian volumes.

In 2010, Russia returned to first place. Its production increased by 4.4% and balanced a shrinking output in the European countries (-9%, despite increasing outputs in Norway and the Netherlands). The OECD thus posted a slight growth of 0.1% in 2009. Conversely, gas production in Russia was scaled down by 12% while Algeria experienced a substantial decline in its production (-6%). In the Middle East, gas production development slowed down and grew at a slower pace than the previous year (4% from 7% in 2008).

Natural gas production

The data in the following table comes from

Rank	Country	Continent	Annual natural gas production (m³)	Date of information
—	World	—	4,359,000,000,000	2013 est.
1	United States	North America	681,400,000,000	2013 est.
2	Russia	Eurasia	669,700,000,000	2013 est.
—	European Union	—	164,600,000,000	2013 est.
3	Iran	Asia	162,600,000,000	2013 est.
4	Canada	North America	143,100,000,000	2013 est.
5	Qatar	Asia	133,200,000,000	2013 est.
6	Norway	Europe	114,700,000,000	2013 est.
7	China	Asia	107,200,000,000	2013 est.
8	Saudi Arabia	Asia	103,200,000,000	2013 est.
9	Algeria	Africa	82,760,000,000	2013 est.
10	Netherlands	Europe	80,780,000,000	2013 est.
11	Indonesia	Asia	76,250,000,000	2013 est.
12	Malaysia	Asia	61,730,000,000	2013 est.
13	Uzbekistan	Asia	62,900,000,000	2013 est.
14	Egypt	Africa	61,260,000,000	2013 est.
15	Turkmenistan	Asia	64,400,000,000	2013 est.
16	Mexico	North America	53,960,000,000	2013 est.
17	United Arab Emirates	Asia	52,310,000,000	2013 est.
18	Bolivia	South America	48,970,000,000	2013 est.
19	Australia	Oceania	48,240,000,000	2013 est.
20	United Kingdom	Europe	40,990,000,000	2013 est.
21	Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	40,600,000,000	2013 est.
22	India	Asia	40,380,000,000	2013 est.
23	Pakistan	Asia	39,150,000,000	2013 est.
24	Argentina	South America	38,770,000,000	2013 est.
25	Thailand	Asia	36,990,000,000	2013 est.
26	Oman	Asia	35,940,000,000	2013 est.
27	Peru	South America	32,400,000,000	2013 est.
28	Nigeria	Africa	31,360,000,000	2013 est.
29	Venezuela	South America	25,280,000,000	2013 est.
30	Kazakhstan	Asia	20,200,000,000	2013 est.
31	Bangladesh	Asia	20,110,000,000	2013 est.
32	Ukraine	Europe	19,800,000,000	2013 est.
33	Azerbaijan	Asia	17,860,000,000	2013 est.
34	Brazil	South America	17,030,000,000	2013 est.
35	Kuwait	Asia	13,530,000,000	2013 est.
36	Bahrain	Asia	12,620,000,000	2013 est.
37	Brunei	Asia	12,440,000,000	2013 est.
38	Germany	Europe	9,000,000,000	2013 est.
39	Myanmar	Asia	11,910,000,000	2013 est.
40	Colombia	South America	10,950,000,000	2013 est.
41	Romania	Europe	10,610,000,000	2013 est.
42	Yemen	Asia	9,620,000,000	2013 est.
43	Vietnam	Asia	9,300,000,000	2013 est.
44	Italy	Europe	7,800,000,000	2013 est.
45	Syria	Asia	7,870,000,000	2013 est.
46	Libya	Africa	7,855,000,000	2013 est.
47	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	6,880,000,000	2013 est.
48	Denmark	Europe	6,412,000,000	2013 est.
49	Poland	Europe	6,193,000,000	2013 est.
50	Portugal	Europe	4,904,000,000	2013 est.
51	New Zealand	Oceania	4,590,000,000	2013 est.
52	Philippines	Asia	3,910,000,000	2013 est.
53	Mozambique	Africa	3,820,000,000	2013 est.
54	Japan	Asia	3,273,000,000	2013 est.
55	Israel	Asia	6,860,000,000	2013 est.
56	Hungary	Europe	2,462,000,000	2013 est.
57	Tunisia	Africa	1,930,000,000	2013 est.
58	Austria	Europe	1,906,000,000	2013 est.
59	Croatia	Europe	1,863,000,000	2013 est.
60	Cote d'Ivoire	Africa	1,500,000,000	2013 est.
61	South Africa	Africa	1,280,000,000	2013 est.
62	Chile	South America	1,144,000,000	2013 est.
63	Cuba	Caribbean	1,030,000,000	2013 est.
64	Congo, Republic of the	Africa	946,000,000	2013 est.
65	Iraq	Asia	880,000,000	2013 est.
66	Tanzania	Africa	860,000,000	2013 est.
67	Angola	Africa	752,000,000	2013 est.
68	Turkey	Europe	632,000,000	2013 est.
69	Serbia	Europe	484,700,000	2013 est.
70	France	Europe	508,000,000	2013 est.
71	South Korea	Asia	424,900,000	2013 est.
72	Bulgaria	Europe	410,000,000	2013 est.
73	Ireland	Europe	373,000,000	2013 est.
74	Taiwan	Asia	330,200,000	2013 est.
75	Ecuador	South America	240,000,000	2013 est.
76	Jordan	Asia	230,000,000	2013 est.
77	Belarus	Europe	220,000,000	2013 est.
78	Czech Republic	Europe	200,000,000	2013 est.
79	Cameroon	Africa	150,000,000	2013 est.
80	Afghanistan	Asia	140,000,000	2013 est.
81	Slovakia	Europe	105,000,000	2013 est.
82	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	100,000,000	2013 est.
83	Gabon	Africa	70,000,000	2013 est.
84	Spain	Europe	61,000,000	2013 est.
85	Morocco	Africa	60,000,000	2013 est.
86	Ghana	Africa	50,000,000	2013 est.
87	Tajikistan	Asia	3,928,000	2013 est.
88	Barbados	Caribbean	20,000,000	2013 est.
89	Senegal	Africa	20,000,000	2013 est.
90	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	10,000,000	2013 est.
91	Albania	Europe	10,000,000	2013 est.
92	Georgia	Europe	9,151,000	2013 est.
93	Greece	Europe	6,000,000	2013est.
94	Slovenia	Europe	2,000,000	2013 est.