List of the world's largest gas fields

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This list shows the world's largest gas fields .

From a size of 85 billion cubic meters one speaks in English of world-class giants , from 850 billion cubic meters of "super giants".

Gas field country Recoverable reserves in km³
1 South Pars IranIran Iran and QatarQatarQatar  35,000
2 Urengoy RussiaRussia Russia 6,300
3 Jamburg RussiaRussia Russia 3,900
4th Hassi R'Mel AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 3,500
5 Stockmann (Schtokman) RussiaRussia Russia 3,100
6th Galkynysh (Iolatan) TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan 2,800
7th Sapolyarnoye RussiaRussia Russia 2,700
8th Hugoton Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  2,300
9 Slochteren near Groningen , NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands  2,100
10 Bowanenko RussiaRussia Russia 2,000
11 Medvezhee RussiaRussia Russia 1,900
12 North Pars IranIran Iran 1,400
13 Dowletabat TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan 1,300
14th Karachaganak KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan 1,300
15th Kish IranIran Iran 1,300
16 Orenburg RussiaRussia Russia 1,300
17th Charsawey RussiaRussia Russia 1,200
18th Shah Denis AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan 1,200
19th Golshan IranIran Iran 850
20th Zohr EgyptEgypt Egypt 850
21st Tobacco IranIran Iran 620
22nd Kangan IranIran Iran 570

Shale gas fields such as the Marcellus Formation are not yet taken into account here.

Footnotes

  1. super giant natural gas field. In: britannica.com. Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
  2. Global Natural Gas Reserves - A Heuristic Viewpoint ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 152 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ipc66.com
  3. Reuters: How big is Egypt's new Zohr gas find? , August 31, 2015