Half a century ago, well-known oil reserves on ourthe planet was almost twice the volume of the explored blue fuel. Today the situation has completely changed. The explored reserves of natural gas are equal in their indicators to "black gold" and continue to increase rapidly.
Among the states the largest known natural gas deposits are:
Next in the ranking with great potential of gas resources are the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Algeria, Venezuela, Nigeria.
Natural Gas of Russia
The share of the Russian Federation is about 24%of the world's resources of this natural wealth, it is the most secure for them today among all countries of the world. The largest deposits on its territory are:
There are other oil and gas bearing basins, including those on the shelf of the northern seas. The bulk of the deposits are concentrated in the Asian part of Russia.
Near East
One of the richest regions of our planetthe Persian Gulf is considered. There are not only huge oil deposits, but also natural gas in large volumes. According to its reserves, countries such as Qatar, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are allotted. In the North and South Pars deposit alone, 28 trillion are concentrated. cubic meters of gas.
North and South America
Самым крупным владельцем этих природных ресурсов in America is the United States - proven reserves of 7.63 trillion. cubic meters. In addition, in the territory of this country there are also deposits of shale gas. Large reserves of natural gas are available in Canada, Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil.
Countries in Asia
Several large deposits are located in Turkmenistan, among which stands Galkynsh with a volume of 21.2 trillion. m3. And there are also others - Shatlyk, Dovletabad, Yashlar. Natural gas is produced on an industrial scale in China, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
The main African reserves are concentrated in Nigeria and Algeria. The largest Algerian deposits - Hassi Rmeil (2.6 trillion m3), In Salah (2.3 trillion m)3) and In-Amenas (2 trillion m)3).
There are several large gas-bearing basins in Europe. For example, Shebelin in Ukraine, Troll in Norway, as well as in Hungary, the Netherlands, Albania and others.
Urgency of the resource
После нефти второй по значимости ресурс для of the energy sector is, of course, natural gas, the price for which will grow in the future, as the demand for it is constantly increasing. And we will have to hear more than once in news reports about the above countries and deposits.