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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, with up to 20 per cent of other hydrocarbons as well as impurities in varying amounts such as carbon dioxide.
Natural gas is widely used as an important energy source in many applications including heating buildings, generating electricity, providing heat and power to industry, as fuel for vehicles and as a chemical feedstock in the manufacture of products such as plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals.
Let's take a look at countries that have most natural gas in the world.
Source: The Economist
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Russia
Conventional: 105 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 112 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 114 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: 141 trillion cubic metres
Global rank: 1
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
The United States
Conventional: 36 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 45 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 71 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: 73 trillion cubic metres
Global rank: 2
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
China
Conventional: 3 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 5 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 42 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: 51 trillion cubic metres
Global rank: 3
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Iran
Conventional: 37 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 41 trillion cubic metres
Shale: N/A
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 4
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Saudi Arabia
Conventional: 36 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 38 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 39 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 5
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Australia
Conventional: 5 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 13 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 26 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: 28 trillion cubic metres
Global rank: 6
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Qatar
Conventional: 26 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 27 trillion cubic metres
Shale: N/A
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 7
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Argentina
Conventional: 2 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 3 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 25 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 8
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Mexico
Conventional: 3 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 4 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 22 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 9
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Canada
Conventional: 4 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 6 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 18 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: 22 trillion cubic metres
Global rank: 10
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Venezuela
Conventional: 8 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 20 trillion cubic metres
Shale: N/A
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 11
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Indonesia
Conventional: 8 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 10 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 15 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: 17 trillion cubic metres
Global rank: 12
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Norway
Conventional: 11 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 13 trillion cubic metres
Shale: 15 trillion cubic metres
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 13
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Nigeria
Conventional: 5 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 13 trillion cubic metres
Shale: N/A
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 14
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15 countries with biggest gas reserves in the world
Algeria
Conventional: 5 trillion cubic metres
Tight: 13 trillion cubic metres
Shale: N/A
Coal-bed methane: N/A
Global rank: 15