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Countries With the Largest Proven Natural Gas Reserves

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Natural gas plays a critical role in the global energy mix, used widely for electricity generation, heating, and as industrial feedstock.

This graphic visualizes the top 10 countries with the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world. Countries are organized and colored by region,

Reserves indicates that these stores of natural gas are economically viable to extract at the current market price. Data comes from the Oil & Gas Journal via the U.S. Energy Information Administration.



Which Country Has the Most Natural Gas Reserves?
Below, we show the top 10 countries with the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world, and the size of their reserves in trillions of cubic feet.

Country Proven Natural Gas Reserves (in trillion cubic feet) Region

🇷🇺 Russia 1,688 Europe/Asia

🇮🇷 Iran 1,200 Middle East

🇶🇦 Qatar 843 Middle East

🇺🇸 United States 615 North America

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 400 Asia

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 336 Middle East

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 290 Middle East

🇨🇳 China 265 Asia

🇳🇬 Nigeria 209 Africa

🇻🇪 Venezuela 195 South America

At 1,688 trillion cubic feet, Russia holds the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world. They hold 40% more gas than Iran and nearly three times the United States.

The top three countries, Russia, Iran, and Qatar, comprise 51% of global proven natural gas reserves—3.7 quadrillion cubic feet out of an estimated 7.3 quadrillion worldwide. These top three countries have remained the same since 2023.

Overall, these top 10 countries shown account for 83%, or over four-fifths of global reserves.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, natural gas has become a major geopolitical flashpoint.

Europe, once heavily reliant on Russian gas, has since scrambled to diversify its energy sources and build LNG import infrastructure.

Meanwhile, global demand remains strong, with natural gas seen by some as a transitional fuel in the shift away from coal and oil.

Sirianese:
That's why Putin created the coup-belt, to prevent the Trans-Sahara gas pipeline from being built and keep Europe dependent on him for gas

peleson1:
But trans Sahara gas pipe line project is on going




Putin has nothing to do with it

mrvitalis:
Trust me Nigerian unproven gas reserve is over 3 times that if not more

Enugu for example have massive gas deposit from nsukka to udi to other places

Yes nsukka even have oil that government have refused to explore

Even udi has seen crude oil come out from the ground on its own


Ebonyi has had oil wells since the Early 1900 explored by the colonial powers

Anambra, IMO n Abia are well known

Anioma is a gas hubs

Obigbo, asa, ndoni, egebama are gas hubs

mrvitalis:
Trust me Nigerian unproven gas reserve is over 3 times that if not more

Enugu for example have massive gas deposit from nsukka to udi to other places

Yes nsukka even have oil that government have refused to explore

Even udi has seen crude oil come out from the ground on its own


Ebonyi has had oil wells since the Early 1900 explored by the colonial powers

Anambra, IMO n Abia are well known

Anioma is a gas hubs

Obigbo, asa, ndoni, egebama are gas hubs

mrvitalis:
Trust me Nigerian unproven gas reserve is over 3 times that if not more

Enugu for example have massive gas deposit from nsukka to udi to other places

Yes nsukka even have oil that government have refused to explore

Even udi has seen crude oil come out from the ground on its own


Ebonyi has had oil wells since the Early 1900 explored by the colonial powers

Anambra, IMO n Abia are well known

Anioma is a gas hubs

Obigbo, asa, ndoni, egebama are gas hubs

mrvitalis:
Trust me Nigerian unproven gas reserve is over 3 times that if not more

Enugu for example have massive gas deposit from nsukka to udi to other places

Yes nsukka even have oil that government have refused to explore

Even udi has seen crude oil come out from the ground on its own


Ebonyi has had oil wells since the Early 1900 explored by the colonial powers

Anambra, IMO n Abia are well known

Anioma is a gas hubs

Obigbo, asa, ndoni, egebama are gas hubs