World Mineral Production - NERC Open Research Archive - Natural ...

Production of natural gas million m 3
Country 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Israel 9 8 1 192 1 656 2 313
Japan 2 495 2 836 2 794 3 263 3 302
Jordan 256 288 294 242 251
Kazakhstan 6 018 7 557 11 598 14 023 25 700
Kuwait (a) 8 000 8 900 11 000 12 300 12 900
Kyrgyzstan 30 27 29 30 20
Malaysia 48 308 50 810 53 670 59 880 59 640
Oman 16 000 17 800 18 000 19 600 25 657
Pakistan (d) 26 158 28 107 34 058 38 085 39 644
Qatar 29 500 28 000 33 300 45 800 49 500
Saudi Arabia (a) 57 320 60 060 65 680 71 240 73 461
Syria 6 821 9 260 8 200 6 300 8 272
Taiwan 887 831 796 548 463
Tajikistan 30 32 34 27 18
Thailand 20 450 21 299 22 317 23 676 24 492
Turkmenistan 53 500 59 100 *58 600 *63 200 62 200
United Arab Emirates 43 390 44 800 46 290 47 000 47 400
Uzbekistan *57 400 *57 300 *59 600 59 600 55 400
Vietnam 2 135 2 712 6 269 6 440 7 000
Australia 32 606 33 180 35 257 37 129 38 883
New Zealand 5 942 4 895 4 502 4 222 4 320
Papua New Guinea 105 139 156 154 153
World Total 2 589 000 2 659 000 2 782 000 2 867 000 2 960 000
Note(s):-
(1) So far as possible the figures in this table exclude flared or reinjected gas
(a) Including one-half of the output of the Neutral Zone
(b) Sales
(c) Years ended 31 March following that stated
(d) Years ended 30 June of that stated
(e) Dry gas
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