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Greatest Natural Gas Reserves by Country, 2006

Rank	Country	Proved reserves (trillion cu ft)
1.	Russia	1,680
2.	Iran	971
3.	Qatar	911
4.	Saudi Arabia	241
5.	United Arab Emirates	214
6.	United States	193
7.	Nigeria	185
8.	Algeria	161
9.	Venezuela	151
10.	Iraq	112
11.	Indonesia	98
12.	Norway	84
13.	Malaysia	75
14.	Turkmenistan	71
15.	Uzbekistan	66
16.	Kazakhstan	65
17.	Netherlands	62
18.	Egypt	59
19.	Canada	57
20.	Kuwait	56

Top 20 countries		5,510
Rest of world		602
World total		6,112

NOTE: Proved reserves are estimated with reasonable certainty to be recoverable with present technology and prices.

Source: Oil & Gas Journal, Vol. 103, No. 47 (Dec. 19, 2005). From: U.S. Energy Information Administration. http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/petroleu.html .

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