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Billion Cubic Metres 1995 2005 2014 2015
Change 2015
over 2014
2015 Share
of total
Algeria 58.7 88.2 83.3 83.0 -0.4% 2.3%
Egypt 12.5 42.5 48.8 45.6 -6.6% 1.3%
Libya 6.3 11.3 11.8 12.8 8.0% 0.4%
Nigeria 4.8 25.0 45.0 50.1 11.1% 1.4%
Other Africa 2.9 10.0 19.0 20.4 7.1% 0.6%
Total Africa 85.3 177.0 208.0 211.8 1.8% 6.0%
Australia 28.3 39.2 61.3 67.1 9.4% 1.9%
Bangladesh 7.0 13.8 23.9 26.8 12.2% 0.8%
Brunei 11.8 12.0 11.9 12.7 7.1% 0.4%
China 18.5 51.0 131.6 138.0 4.8% 3.9%
India 18.8 29.6 30.4 29.2 -3.8% 0.8%
Indonesia 60.7 75.1 75.3 75.0 -0.3% 2.1%
Malaysia 26.8 63.8 66.7 68.2 2.2% 1.9%
Myanmar 1.6 12.2 16.8 19.6 16.4% 0.6%
Pakistan 15.6 39.1 41.9 41.9 ◊ 1.2%
Thailand 11.4 23.7 42.1 39.8 -5.4% 1.1%
Vietnam 0.1 6.4 10.2 10.7 4.4% 0.3%
Other Asia Pacific 7.5 11.1 22.7 27.7 21.8% 0.8%
Total Asia Pacific 208.2 377.0 534.8 556.7 4.1% 15.7%
Total World 2109.8 2790.9 3463.2 3538.6 2.2% 100.0%
of which: OECD 975.2 1086.1 1253.6 1293.2 3.2% 36.8%
Non-OECD 1134.6 1704.8 2209.6 2245.5 1.6% 63.2%
European Union # 213.9 213.7 130.5 120.1 -8.0% 3.4%
CIS 632.3 724.1 756.2 751.6 -0.6% 21.1%
* Excludes gas flared or recycled. Includes natural gas produced for Gas-to-Liquids transformation.
^ Less than 0.05.
w Less than 0.05%
n/a not available.
# Excludes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania prior to 1985 and Slovenia prior to 1990.
Source: Includes data from Cedigaz.
9.7 SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF INDIA
The existing 26 Sedimentary Basins have an area of approximately 3.14
million Sq. Kms.
The sedimentary basins of the country have been classified into four
categories and are as defined below:
Category-I
Basins with established commercial production.
Cambay, Mumbai Offshore, Rajasthan, Krishna Godavari, Cauvery, Assam
Shelf and Assam-Arakan Fold Belt.
Category-II
Basins with known accumulation of hydrocarbons but no. of commercial
production achieved so far, Kutch Basin, Mahanadi-NEC (North East
Coast) Basin, Andaman-Nicobar Basin.
Category-III
Basins having hydrocarbon shows that
are considered geologically prospective:
Himalayan Foreland Basin, Ganga Basin,
Vindhyan Basin, Saurashtra Basin, Kerala-
Konkan-Lakshadweep Basin and Bengal
Basin.
Category-IV
Basins having uncertain potential which may
be prospective by analogy with similar basins
in the world. Karewa Basin, Spiti-Zanskar
Basin, Satpura-South Rewa Damodar Basin,
Chhattisgarh Basin, Narmada Basin, Deccan
Syneclise Basin, Bhima Kaladgi Basin,
Bastar Basin, Pranhita-Godavari Basin and
Cuddapah Basin.
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