List of the world's largest gas fields
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 | |
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1 | South Pars |
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35,000 | |
2 | Urengoy |
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6,300 | |
3 | Jamburg |
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3,900 | |
4th | Hassi R'Mel |
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3,500 | |
5 | Stockmann (Schtokman) |
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3,100 | |
6th | Galkynysh (Iolatan) |
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2,800 | |
7th | Sapolyarnoye |
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2,700 | |
8th | Hugoton | Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, United States![]() |
2,300 | |
9 | Slochteren | near Groningen , Netherlands![]() |
2,100 | |
10 | Bowanenko |
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2,000 | |
11 | Medvezhee |
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1,900 | |
12 | North Pars |
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1,400 | |
13 | Dowletabat |
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1,300 | |
14th | Karachaganak |
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1,300 | |
15th | Kish |
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1,300 | |
16 | Orenburg |
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1,300 | |
17th | Charsawey |
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1,200 | |
18th | Shah Denis |
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1,200 | |
19th | Golshan |
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850 | |
20th | Zohr |
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850 | |
21st | Tobacco |
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620 | |
22nd | Kangan |
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570 |
Shale gas fields such as the Marcellus Formation are not yet taken into account here.
Footnotes
- ↑ super giant natural gas field. In: britannica.com. Retrieved September 1, 2015 .
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Reuters: How big is Egypt's new Zohr gas find? , August 31, 2015