Fact #276: July 14, 2003
Natural Gas Reserves, Production,
and Consumption, 2000
The United States holds only 3% of the natural gas reserves, but is responsible for 22% of world natural gas production. Members of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which have 46% of natural gas reserves, produce only 15% of the world's natural gas.
Notes: Reserves as of January 1, 2002. Production data are dry gas production.
Supplemental Information
| Reserves | Production | Consumption | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (trillion cubic feet) | |||
| United States | 183.5 | 18.987 | 23.455 |
| OPEC | 2,485.1 | 13.631 | 9.262 |
| Rest of World | 2,788.5 | 55.5 | 56.0 |
| Total | 5,457.1 | 88.093 | 88.688 |
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Source: Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 2001, March 2003, Tables 4.2 and 8.1 | |||
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