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overview

In 2017, 3,680.4 billion m³ of natural gas were produced worldwide (2010 = 3,178.2 billion m³). The largest producing countries in 2017 were the USA (734.5 billion m³), Russia (635.6 billion m³), Iran (223.9 billion m³), Canada (176.3 billion m³) and Qatar (175.7 billion m³) . Together these had a share of 53.0 percent of world production.

According to the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, the world's known natural gas reserves amounted to around 196,605 billion m³ in 2016. With the same consumption ( static range ), these should be sufficient for 59 years. Russia (24.3 percent), Iran (17.1 percent) and Qatar (12.2 percent) owned the largest share of the world's reserves.

The highest level of German natural gas production was reached in 1984 with 32.1 billion m³ (Federal Republic 19.3 billion m³ and GDR 12.8 billion m³). By 2016, production in Germany fell to 6.6 billion m³ (2010 = 12.7 billion m³). That was 20.6 percent of the production volume in 1984. According to the 2017 energy study by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials, the German natural gas reserves that can be extracted at current prices and with today's production technology totaled 70 billion m³ in 2016. The economically and technically not recoverable, as well as not proven, but geologically possible natural gas resources amounted to 1,360 billion m³.

Natural gas does not exhaust itself in a gradually weakening emission process similar to the weakening of a crude oil deposit (compare peak oil ). It stops all of a sudden from 100% yield when the gas source is depleted. This significantly reduces the predictability and predictability of a supply. However, technical developments have led to the fact that - especially in the USA - for example hydraulic stimulation ("fracking") and horizontal drilling are now exploiting resources that were previously not economically recoverable.

In 2017, 3,670.4 billion m³ of natural gas were consumed worldwide. This means that natural gas covers around 24 percent of global energy consumption, and the trend is rising. The largest consumers were the USA, Russia, China , Iran and Japan . Natural gas exports worldwide totaled 1,134.1 billion m³. Important export countries were Russia, Qatar, Norway , the USA and Canada. Important importing countries were Japan, Germany, China, the USA and Italy .

advancement

By country

The following table shows the countries with the highest production in millions of tons and their share of world production in percent. All figures relate to the states within their current borders (excluding flare gas and recycled gas). As far as possible, the above data are given in standard cubic meters (measured at 15 degrees Celsius and 1013 millibars). Since the data are derived directly from tons or a corresponding unit of measurement with the help of a conversion factor for calculating the average, the specified amount does not necessarily correspond to the gas amounts specified in the respective country statistics.

Production in billions of cubic meters

Rank (2017)	country	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Share in% (2017)
1.	United States	595.1	549.5	504.3	543.2	604.1	651.3	680.5	685.4	733.1	766.2	749.2	734.5	20.0
2.	Russia	83.0	254.0	590.0	528.5	588.9	607.0	592.3	604.7	581.7	575.1	579.4	635.6	17.3
3.	Iran	13.2	7.1	23.2	60.2	152.4	159.9	166.2	166.8	185.8	189.4	202.4	223.9	6.1
4th	Canada	56.7	74.8	108.6	182.2	144.5	144.4	141.1	141.4	147.2	149.1	152.0	176.3	4.8
5.	Qatar	1.0	4.7	6.3	23.7	116.7	143.0	157.0	177.6	174.1	178.5	181.2	175.7	4.8
6th	People's Republic of China	2.9	14.3	15.3	27.2	94.8	99.1	109.0	111.8	122.2	136.1	138.4	149.2	4.1
7th	Norway	0.0	25.1	25.5	49.7	106.4	101.4	114.7	108.7	108.8	117.2	116.6	123.2	3.3
8th.	Australia	1.7	11.1	20.7	31.2	50.4	53.2	56.9	59.0	63.6	72.6	91.2	113.5	3.1
9.	Saudi Arabia	1.6	9.7	33.5	49.8	87.7	92.3	99.2	100.0	102.4	104.5	109.4	111.4	3.0
10.	Algeria	2.5	14.2	49.3	84.4	80.4	78.0	81.5	82.4	83.3	84.8	91.3	91.2	2.5
11.	Malaysia	0.0	0.0	17.8	45.3	56.2	62.2	61.5	67.3	68.4	71.2	73.8	78.4	2.1
12.	Indonesia	1.2	18.5	43.9	65.2	82.0	75.6	77.1	76.5	75.3	75.0	69.7	68.0	1.8
13.	Turkmenistan	13.0	70.5	79.5	42.5	42.4	59.5	62.3	62.3	67.1	69.6	66.8	62.0	1.7
14th	UAE	0.8	7.5	20.1	38.4	51.3	51.7	52.3	54.6	54.2	60.2	61.9	60.4	1.6
15th	Uzbekistan	32.0	34.8	36.9	51.1	59.6	57.0	56.9	56.9	57.3	57.7	62.8	53.4	1.5
16.	Egypt	0.1	2.2	8.1	21.0	61.3	61.4	60.9	56.1	48.8	44.3	41.8	49.0	1.3
17th	Nigeria	0.1	1.7	4.0	12.5	36.6	39.9	43.3	36.2	45.0	50.1	44.9	47.2	1.3
18th	United Kingdom	10.5	34.8	45.5	108.4	57.1	45.2	38.9	36.5	36.8	39.6	41.0	41.9	1.1
19th	Mexico	11.2	25.7	27.1	38.4	57.6	58.3	57.2	58.2	57.1	54.1	47.2	40.7	1.1
20th	Thailand	0.0	0.0	6.5	20.2	35.8	36.6	41.0	41.3	41.6	39.3	38.6	38.7	1.1
21st	Venezuela	7.7	14.8	22.0	27.9	30.2	31.2	29.5	28.4	28.6	32.4	34.3	37.4	1.0
22nd	Argentina	6.0	8.4	17.8	37.4	40.1	38.8	37.7	35.5	35.5	36.5	38.3	37.1	1.0
23.	Netherlands	26.7	76.4	61.0	58.1	70.5	64.2	68.6	68.6	57.9	43.3	40.2	36.6	1.0
24.	Pakistan	3.5	7.2	12.2	21.5	42.3	42.3	43.8	42.6	41.9	42.0	41.5	34.7	0.9
25th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.8	2.8	5.3	14.1	44.8	43.1	42.7	42.8	42.1	39.6	34.5	33.8	0.9
26th	Oman	0.0	0.7	2.6	8.7	29.3	30.9	32.2	34.8	33.3	34.7	35.4	32.3	0.9
27.	India	0.7	1.2	12.0	26.4	49.3	44.5	38.9	32.1	30.5	29.3	27.6	28.5	0.8
28.	Brazil	0.1	1.0	3.1	7.5	14.4	16.7	19.3	21.3	22.7	23.1	23.5	27.5	0.7
29	Kazakhstan	2.0	4.3	6.4	8.2	17.6	19.3	17.2	18.4	18.7	19.0	19.9	27.1	0.7
30th	Bangladesh	0.0	1.3	4.8	10.0	19.9	20.3	22.2	22.8	23.9	26.9	27.5	26.6	0.7
31.	Ukraine	61.0	56.7	25.4	16.2	18.1	18.7	18.6	19.3	18.2	17.9	17.8	19.4	0.5
32.	Myanmar	0.1	0.4	0.9	3.4	12.1	12.4	12.7	13.1	16.8	19.6	18.9	18.0	0.5
33.	Azerbaijan	6.0	14.0	9.0	5.1	15.1	14.8	15.6	16.2	17.6	17.9	17.5	17.7	0.5
34.	Kuwait	2.0	4.1	4.2	9.6	11.7	13.5	15.5	16.3	15.0	16.9	17.1	17.4	0.5
35.	Bolivia	0.0	2.4	3.0	3.2	14.2	15.6	17.8	20.3	21.0	20.3	19.7	17.1	0.5
36.	Bahrain	0.6	2.3	5.8	8.8	13.1	13.3	13.7	14.7	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.1	0.4
37.	Peru	0.4	0.7	0.4	0.3	7.2	11.4	11.9	12.2	12.9	12.5	14.0	13.0	0.4
38.	Brunei	0.2	8.6	8.9	11.3	12.3	12.8	12.6	12.2	11.9	11.6	11.2	12.0	0.3
39.	Libya	0.2	1.2	6.6	16.8	10.9	11.0	11.3	11.6	11.3	11.8	10.1	11.5	0.3
40.	Vietnam	0.0	0.0	1.1	6.8	9.4	8.5	9.4	9.8	10.2	10.7	10.7	9.5	0.3
...
44.	Germany	13.7	26.9	22.8	21.7	12.7	11.9	9.6	9.0	8.2	7.2	6.6	6.4	0.2

The three leading producing countries

Production in billions of cubic meters

year 1. Prod. 2. Prod. 3. Prod. 1950  United States 186.6  USSR 3.6  Canada 1.7 1951  United States 215.8  USSR 3.8  Mexico 2.1 1952  United States 234.0  USSR 3.9  Mexico 2.4 1953  United States 250.2  USSR 4.4  Romania 3.1 1954  United States 255.3  USSR 4.9  Romania 3.3 1955  United States 274.0  USSR 5.9  Canada 3.8 1956  United States  295.4  USSR 8.3  Canada 4.2 1957  United States 311.5  USSR 14.1  Canada 5.5 1958  United States 311.1  USSR 22.5  Canada 8.4 1959  United States 336.9  USSR 28.6  Canada 10.4 1960  United States 354.5  USSR 37.2  Canada 12.6 1961  United States 364.3  USSR 50.4  Canada 16.4 1962  United States 371.3  USSR 63.5   Canada 23.6 1963  United States 396.1  USSR 77.7  Canada 27.8 1964  United States 417.9  USSR 94.4  Canada 35.0 1965  United States 442.4  USSR 111.2  Canada 36.0 1966  United States 476.0  USSR 125.2  Canada 33.4 1967  United States 499.9  USSR 138.6  Canada 36.7 1968  United States 526.4  USSR 149.5  Canada 42.1 1969  United States 562.1  USSR 159.5  Canada 49.3 1970  United States 595.1  USSR 179.1  Canada 56.7 1971  United States 611.9  USSR 192.2  Canada 62.0 1972  United States 612.3  USSR 200.4  Canada 70.0 1973  United States 615.4  USSR 213.8  Canada 75.0 1974  United States 586.5  USSR 235.8  Canada 73.4 1975  United States 544.7  USSR 261.8  Netherlands 76.7 1976  United States 540.8  USSR 290.5  Netherlands 82.0 1977  United States 542.6  USSR 313.1  Netherlands 82.3 1978   United States 541.5  USSR 336.8  Canada 76.7 1979  United States 556.8  USSR 368.0  Canada 80.9 1980  United States 549.4  USSR 393.8  Netherlands 76.4 1981  United States 543.2  USSR 421.1  Canada 72.3 1982  United States 504.6  USSR 453.1  Canada 75.9 1983  USSR 484.8  United States 455.7  Canada 71.3 1984  USSR 531.6  United States 494.6  Canada 78.2 1985  USSR 581.8  United States 465.9  Canada 84.2 1986  USSR 621.0  United States 454.7  Canada 79.1 1987  USSR 658.2  United States 470.6  Canada 85.9 1988  USSR 696.9  United States 484.3  Canada 99.2 1989  USSR 720.4  United States 490.2  Canada 105.4 1990  USSR 747.7  United States 504.3  Canada 108.6 1991  USSR 733.6   United States 501.1  Canada 114.3 1992  Russia 582.8  United States 505.2  Canada 125.9 1993  Russia 559.5  United States 512.4  Canada 138.6 1994  Russia 549.6  United States 533.0  Canada 150.1 1995  Russia 532.6  United States 526.7  Canada 159.8 1996  Russia 543.5  United States 533.9  Canada 165.7 1997  United States 535.3  Russia 515.2  Canada 168.6 1998  United States 538.7  Russia 532.7  Canada 173.4 1999  Russia 535.7  United States 533.3  Canada 176.8 2000  United States 543.2  Russia 528.5  Canada 182.2 2001   United States 555.5  Russia 526.2  Canada 186.5 2002  Russia 538.8  United States 536.0  Canada 187.9 2003  Russia 561.5  United States 540.8  Canada 184.7 2004   Russia 573.3  United States 526.4  Canada 183.7 2005  Russia 580.1  United States 511.1  Canada 187.1 2006  Russia 595.2  United States 524.0  Canada 188.4 2007  Russia 592.0  United States 545.6  Canada 182.7 2008  Russia 601.7  United States 570.8  Canada 176.6 2009  United States 584.0  Russia 527.7  Canada 164.0 2010  United States 604.1  Russia 588.9  Iran 152.4 2011  United States 651.3  Russia 607.0  Iran 166.2 2012  United States 680.5  Russia 592.3  Iran 166.2 2013  United States 685.4  Russia 604.7  Qatar 177.6 2014  United States 733.1  Russia 581.7  Iran 185.8 2015  United States 766.2  Russia 575.1  Iran 189.4 2016  United States 749.2  Russia 579.4  Iran 202.4

Maximum gas production by country

All countries with natural gas production

The point in time of the maximum production rate, the maximum gas production , of a country can only be determined with certainty several years after its occurrence. The peak of natural gas production for most producers in Europe was a few years or decades ago. Great Britain produced the highest amount in history in 2000 with 108.4 billion m³, the Netherlands in 1977 with 82.3 billion m³, Ukraine in 1975 with 68.7 billion m³ and Romania in 1982 with 37.0 billion m³. German gas production peaked in 1984 with 32.1 billion m³ (Federal Republic 19.3 billion m³ and GDR 12.8 billion m³).

The following table shows the year in which the production of a country reached its absolute peak, the current production and its share of the maximum. All figures relate to the states within their current borders.

Production in billions of cubic meters

Rank (2016)	country	Maximum (year)	Maximum (amount)	Quantity (2016)	Volume 2016 in% of the maximum
1.	United States	2015	766.2	749.2	97.8
2.	Russia	2011	607.0	579.4	95.5
3.	Iran	2016	202.4	202.4	100.0
4th	Canada	2006	188.4	152.0	80.7
5.	Qatar	2016	181.2	181.2	100.0
6th	People's Republic of China	2016	138.4	138.4	100.0
7th	Norway	2015	117.2	116.6	99.5
8th.	Saudi Arabia	2016	109.4	109.4	100.0
9.	Algeria	2016	91.3	91.3	100.0
10.	Australia	2016	91.2	91.2	100.0
11.	Malaysia	2016	73.8	73.8	100.0
12.	Indonesia	2010	77.1	69.7	90.4
13.	Turkmenistan	1989	81.4	66.8	80.4
14th	Uzbekistan	2016	62.8	62.8	100.0
15th	UAE	2016	61.9	61.9	100.0
16.	Mexico	2011	58.3	47.2	81.0
17th	Nigeria	2015	50.1	44.9	89.6
18th	Egypt	2011	61.4	41.8	68.1
19th	Pakistan	2012	43.8	41.5	94.7
20th	United Kingdom	2000	108.4	41.0	37.8
21st	Netherlands	1977	82.3	40.2	48.8
22nd	Thailand	2014	41.6	38.6	92.8
23.	Argentina	2006	46.1	38.3	83.1
24.	Oman	2016	35.4	35.4	100.0
25th	Trinidad and Tobago	2010	44.8	34.5	77.0
26th	Venezuela	2016	34.3	34.3	100.0
27.	India	2010	49.3	27.6	56.0
28.	Bangladesh	2016	27.5	27.5	100.0
29	Brazil	2016	23.5	23.5	100.0
30th	Kazakhstan	2016	19.9	19.9	100.0
31.	Bolivia	2014	21.0	19.7	93.8
32.	Myanmar	2015	17.9	17.5	97.8
33.	Ukraine	1975	68.7	17.8	25.9
34.	Azerbaijan	2015	17.9	17.5	97.8
35.	Kuwait	2016	17.1	17.1	100.0
36.	Bahrain	2016	15.5	15.5	100.0
37.	Peru	2016	14.0	14.0	100.0
38.	Brunei	2011	12.8	11.2	87.5
39.	Vietnam	2016	10.7	10.7	100.0
40.	Libya	2000	16.8	10.1	60.1
...
44.	Germany	1984	32.1	6.6	20.6

By company

The following table lists the companies with the highest production in billions of cubic meters, their share of world production in percent and the cumulative frequency.

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Production in billions of cubic meters (2007)

rank	Companies	country	advancement	Percentage ownership %	Cumulation in%
1.	Gazprom	Russia	549.6	18.2	18.2
2.	Sonatrach	Algeria	93.7	3.1	21.4
3.	BP	United Kingdom	84.2	2.8	24.1
4th	National Iranian Oil Company	Iran	84.1	2.8	26.9
5.	Saudi Aramco	Saudi Arabia	82.7	2.7	29.7
6th	ExxonMobil	United States	76.0	2.5	32.2
7th	Turkmengaz	Turkmenistan	72.3	2.4	34.6
8th.	Uzbekneftegaz	Uzbekistan	65.3	2.2	36.8
9.	Royal Dutch Shell	Netherlands United Kingdom	63.7	2.1	38.9
10.	PEMEX	Mexico	62.6	2.1	41.0
11.	Petronas	Malaysia	55.0	1.8	42.8
12.	ConocoPhillips	United States	52.5	1.7	44.5
13.	Chevron	United States	51.8	1.7	46.3
14th	Qatar Petroleum	Qatar	51.7	1.7	48.0
15th	Total	France	50.0	1.7	49.6
16.	Petrochina	People's Republic of China	46.1	1.5	51.2
17th	Eni	Italy	42.5	1.4	52.6
18th	Statoil	Norway	38.3	1.3	53.8
19th	EnCana	Canada	36.9	1.2	55.1
20th	Repsol YPF	Spain	32.3	1.1	56.1

United States

in million cubic feet per day (MMcf / d)

rank	Companies	Funding average of the 1st half of 2016
1	ExxonMobil	3129
2	Chesapeake Energy	3000
3	Southwestern Energy	2286
4th	Anadarko Petroleum	2245
5	EQT Corporation	1830
6th	Cabot Oil & Gas	1634
7th	BP	1634
8th	Devon Energy	1532
9	Antero Resources	1330
10	ConocoPhillips	1263
11	Chevron	1177
12	BHP Billiton	976
13	Consol Energy	960
14th	Range Resources	922
15th	Noble Energy	917
16	EOG Resources	825
17th	Royal Dutch Shell	823
18th	Statoil	785
19th	Ultra petroleum	742
20th	Rice Energy	713

World funding

The following table shows world production in billions of cubic meters (m³). All figures without flare gas and recycling gas.

Production in billions of cubic meters

year Prod. 1970 1001.5 1971 1066.4 1972 1117.8 1973 1170.6 1974 1192.5 1975 1194.7 1976 1243.4 1977 1293.0 1978 1338.7 1979 1427.3

year Prod. 1980 1434.3 1981 1457.1 1982 1459.0 1983 1464.6 1984 1595.7 1985 1648.6 1986 1696.7 1987 1780.1 1988 1863.4 1989 1922.8

year Prod. 1990 1980.4 1991 2001.5 1992 2017.8 1993 2057.1 1994 2083.3 1995 2115.3 1996 2214.8 1997 2219.7 1998 2268.7 1999 2330.7

year Prod. 2000 2411.3 2001 2477.2 2002 2518.9 2003 2616.6 2004 2688.5 2005 2770.4 2006 2869.4 2007 2939.3 2008 3047.2 2009 2955.9

year Prod. 2010 3178.2 2011 3276.2 2012 3362.6 2013 3410.7 2014 3463.2 2015 3538.6

Reserves by country

Reserves are understood to be the amount of raw materials that can be extracted at current prices and with today's mining technologies. A distinction is made according to

• conventional reserves: free natural gas or petroleum gas
• Non-conventional reserves: tight gas, shale gas , coal seam gas, aquifer gas and natural gas from gas hydrate

The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials differentiates between reserves and resources. The meaning of the two terms is so different in the various languages ​​that a consistent use of the term reserve is almost impossible. In German it usually refers to the part of a resource whose extraction is economical according to the current state of the art . With rising world market prices, deposits can become reserves, and vice versa. Resources, on the other hand, are deposits that are verifiably available, but cannot currently be extracted economically. In German, the term of the resource overlaps with that of the occurrence.

The following table lists the countries with the largest natural gas reserves including shale gas and coalbed gas in billions of m³ and their share of world reserves in percent.

Reserves in billion cubic meters (2016)

rank	country	Reserves	Percentage ownership %
1.	Russia	47,777	24.3
2.	Iran	33,721	17.1
3.	Qatar	24,073	12.2
4th	Turkmenistan	9,870	5.0
5.	United States	8,714	4.4
6th	Saudi Arabia	7,794	4.0
7th	UAE	6.091	3.1
8th.	Venezuela	5,702	2.9
9.	Nigeria	5,284	2.7
10.	People's Republic of China	5,191	2.6
11.	Algeria	4,501	2.3
12.	Iraq	3,694	1.9
13.	Australia	3,205	1.6
14th	Indonesia	2,773	1.4
15th	Malaysia	2,190	1.1
16.	Canada	2,171	1.1
17th	Egypt	2,086	1.1
18th	Kazakhstan	1,907	1.0
19th	Kuwait	1,783	0.9
20th	Norway	1,782	0.9
...
56.	Germany	70	0.04
	world	196.605	100.0

Resources by country

Resources are defined as the proven amount of raw materials that cannot currently be technically and / or economically extracted, as well as the undetected, but geologically possible, future extractable amount of a raw material deposit.

The following table shows the countries with the largest natural gas resources including shale gas and coalbed gas in billions of m³ and their share of the world resources in percent.

Resources in billion cubic meters (2016)

rank	country	resources	Percentage ownership %
1.	Russia	152.050	23.6
2.	People's Republic of China	64,900	10.1
3.	United States	53,246	8.3
4th	Canada	37.901	5.9
5.	Australia	35,085	5.5
6th	Algeria	26,720	4.2
7th	Saudi Arabia	24,664	3.8
8th.	Argentina	23,710	3.7
9.	Brazil	18,466	2.9
10.	Mexico	17,770	2.8
11.	Turkmenistan	15,000	2.3
12.	Egypt	10,830	1.7
13.	Iran	10,000	1.6
14th	Indonesia	9,980	1.6
15th	South Africa	9,080	1.4
16.	UAE	7,315	1.1
17th	Venezuela	7.130	1.0
18th	India	7,039	1.0
19th	Mozambique	5,500	0.9
20th	Madagascar	4,700	0.7
...
48.	Germany	1,360	0.2
	world	643.157	100.0

Consumption by country

The largest natural gas consumers are listed in billion m³, their share in global consumption in percent and the cumulative frequency.

Consumption in billion cubic meters (2016)

rank	country	consumption	Percentage ownership %
1.	United States	778.6	21.6
2.	Russia	437.9	12.1
3.	People's Republic of China	204.0	5.7
4th	Iran	200.8	5.6
5.	Japan	111.2	3.1
6th	Saudi Arabia	109.4	3.0
7th	Germany	101.5	2.8
8th.	Canada	99.9	2.8
9.	Mexico	89.5	2.5
10.	United Kingdom	81.4	2.3
11.	UAE	71.8	2.0
12.	Italy	64.5	1.8
13.	Uzbekistan	50.7	1.4
13.	Thailand	50.7	1.4
15th	India	50.1	1.4
16.	Argentina	49.6	1.4
17th	Egypt	48.3	1.3
18th	Turkey	46.5	1.3
19th	South Korea	45.0	1.2
20th	Indonesia	43.2	1.2
	world	3,609.9	100.0

Export to countries

The largest natural gas exporters are listed in billions of m³ and their share in the export market in percent.

Export in billion cubic meters (2016)

rank	country	export	Percentage ownership %
1.	Russia	208.6	19.2
2.	Qatar	124.5	11.4
3.	Norway	115.0	10.6
4th	Canada	82.4	7.6
5.	United States	66.1	6.1
6th	Australia	56.8	5.2
7th	Algeria	53.0	4.9
8th.	Netherlands	52.3	4.8
9.	Turkmenistan	47.2	4.3
10.	Malaysia	32.2	3.0
11.	Indonesia	31.0	2.9
12.	Nigeria	23.2	2.1
13.	Germany	19.3	1.8
14th	Bolivia	16.1	1.5
15th	Trinidad and Tobago	14.3	1.3
16.	Kazakhstan	13.7	1.3
17th	Myanmar	13.5	1.2
18th	Uzbekistan	13.0	1.2
19th	United Kingdom	10.6	1.0
20th	Oman	10.3	0.9
	world	1,087.6	100.0

Import by country

The largest natural gas importers are listed in billion m³ and their share in global imports in percent.

Import in billion cubic meters (2016)

rank	country	import	Percentage ownership %
1.	Germany	112.0	10.3
2.	Japan	108.5	10.0
3.	United States	85.1	7.8
4th	People's Republic of China	72.4	6.7
5.	Italy	65.1	6.0
6th	United Kingdom	48.5	4.5
7th	France	46.4	4.3
8th.	Turkey	46.3	4.3
9.	South Korea	44.2	4.1
10.	Mexico	43.1	4.0
11.	Netherlands	39.3	3.6
12.	Spain	32.4	3.0
13.	Belgium	25.0	2.3
14th	India	22.5	2.1
15th	Russia	21.7	2.0
16.	Canada	21.0	1.9
17th	UAE	18.4	1.7
18th	Taiwan	17.9	1.7
19th	Belarus	16.6	1.5
20th	Poland	14.7	1.4
	world	1,086.2	100.0

Gas price

On December 13, 2005, gas prices hit an all-time high of $ 15.73 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). On April 19, 2012, the price was $ 1.90 per MMBtu.

1 MMBtu corresponds to about 1055 MJ or 293 kWh , that is 26.4 cubic meters of gas, based on an energy content of 40 megajoules / m³.

The following shows the annual high, low and closing levels in US dollars per MMBtu and the annual price change in percent. The data up to 1989 refer to the monthly average prices as published by the gas producers, then to the prices of the gas futures at the Henry Hub in Erath (Louisiana) , which began trading in 1990 on NYMEX in New York . Erath is the place where physical US natural gas is formally offered against the NYMEX future.

Gas prices in US dollars per MMBtu in New York from 1970

year	Peak	Lowest point	Final stand	Change in%
1970	0.17	0.17	0.17
1971	0.18	0.18	0.18	5.88
1972	0.19	0.19	0.19	5.56
1973	0.22	0.22	0.22	5.26
1974	0.30	0.30	0.30	13.64
1975	0.44	0.44	0.44	46.67
1976	0.64	0.54	0.64	45.45
1977	0.84	0.67	0.84	31.25
1978	0.96	0.87	0.96	14.29
1979	1.31	1.02	1.31	36.46
1980	1.76	1.37	1.74	32.82
1981	2.16	1.77	2.16	24.14
1982	2.62	2.23	2.62	21.30
1983	2.68	2.52	2.61	−0.38
1984	2.87	2.57	2.57	−1.53
1985	2.71	2.28	2.28	−11.28
1986	2.26	1.73	1.76	−22.81
1987	1.74	1.56	1.70	−3.41
1988	1.96	1.52	1.89	11.18
1989	1.98	1.55	1.92	1.59
1990	2.65	1.40	1.95	1.56
1991	2.14	1.06	1.34	−31.28
1992	2.79	1.02	1.69	26.12
1993	2.80	1.52	2.00	18.34
1994	2.69	1.40	1.73	−13.50
1995	2.23	1.25	1.87	8.09
1996	4.52	1.54	2.48	32.62
1997	3.70	1.52	2.13	−14.11
1998	2.58	1.48	1.84	−13.62
1999	3.26	1.50	2.33	26.63
2000	10.10	2.12	9.78	319.74
2001	9.87	1.88	2.57	−73.72
2002	5.53	1.85	4.79	86.38
2003	10.10	4.43	6.19	29.23
2004	9.48	4.54	6.15	−0.65
2005	15.73	5.70	11.23	82.60
2006	10.98	4.40	6.29	−43.99
2007	8.71	5.26	7.53	19.71
2008	13.69	5.28	5.66	−24.83
2009	6.25	2.41	5.53	−2.30
2010	6.01	3.51	4.41	−20.25
2011	4.96	2.96	2.97	−32.65
2012	4.01	1.90	3.37	13.47
2013	4.58	3.09	4.25	26.11
2014	6.37	2.88	2.92
2015	3.35	1.70	2.35

literature

• United Nations: Energy Statistics Yearbook , 1952 ff.
• Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag: Fischer-Weltalmanach. Figures-data-facts , 1960 ff.
• Harenberg-Lexikon-Verlag: Aktuell. The Yearbook No. 1 , 1984 ff.
• German paperback publisher: dtv year book. Number-data-analysis , 2003 ff.
• Rothermund, HC, KM Reinicke, L. Bökenkamp, ​​FP Springer, German gas industry and domestic production, Erdoel-Erdgas-Kohlen, Dec. 1993.
• Ines Zenke / Stefan Wollschläger / Jost Eder (eds.): Prices and pricing in the energy industry: from calculation to implementation of prices for electricity, gas, district heating, water and CO2 . de Gruyter, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-035462-1 .

Web links

• Graphic: Natural gas reserves , from: Figures and facts: Globalization , Federal Agency for Civic Education
• Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials
• WEG - Wirtschaftsverband Erdöl- und Erdgasgewinnung e. V.
• Association of Energy Consumers: Natural Gas - Consumer Information
• Current gas price in New York
• Clear graphic gas prices in Germany in cents / kWh from 1991 ( Flash ; 369 kB)

See also

• Electricity / tables and graphs
• Petroleum / Tables and Graphs
• Charcoal / Tables and Graphics
• Uranium / tables and graphs
• List of countries with the highest energy consumption
• List of major carbon dioxide emitters

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2018. BP , accessed July 31, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials: Energy Study 2011
3. ↑ ^{a b} Jochen Bethkenhagen: The Power of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in the smaller Member States. Development tendencies in the eighties. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3428068696
4. ↑ Wirtschaftsverband Erdöl- und Erdgasgewinnung e. V .: Natural gas production by federal state  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ IEA - IEA Unconventional Gas Forum. In: www.iea.org. Retrieved July 6, 2016 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} BP: Statistical Review of World Energy June 2013
7. ↑ ^{a b} BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2017. BP , accessed December 24, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials: Energierohstoffe 2009
9. ↑ Natural Gas Supply Association: Top 40 Producers 2015 - 1st Quarter
10. ^ BP: BP - Statistical Review of World Energy. In: Review. BP, June 20, 2016, accessed March 5, 2017 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e} BGR Energy Study 2017. Accessed on December 24, 2017 . 
12. ^ Commodity Research Bureau: The CRB Encyclopedia of Commodity and Financial Prices , John Wiley & Sons, New York 2009, ISBN 0470344067
13. ↑ Stooq: Historical Prices