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Unconventional natural gas reserves worldwide by country 2016

Technically recoverable reserves of unconventional natural gas worldwide as of 2016, by country (in trillion cubic meters)

The data depicts the technically recovered reserves of unconventional natural gas worldwide as of 2016, by country and type. As of that year, Canada, which is currently a producer of unconventional gas, had technically recoverable reserves of 16.2 trillion cubic meters of shale gas.

Iran (potential new supplies of conventional gas, total gas)	34
Russia (potential new supplies of conventional gas, total gas)	32.6
China (current unconventional gas producer, shale gas)	31.6
Qatar (planned unconventional gas production by 2020, total gas)	24.5
Argentina (planned unconventional gas production by 2020, shale gas)	22.7
Algeria (potential new frontier for unconventional gas, shale gas)	20
United States (current unconventional gas producer, shale gas)	17.6
Saudi Arabia (planned unconventional gas production by 2020, shale gas)	17
Canada (current unconventional gas producer, shale gas)	16.2
Mexico (potential new frontier for unconventional gas, shale gas)	15.4
Australia (current unconventional gas producer, shale gas)	12.2
South Africa (potential new frontier for unconventional gas, shale gas)	11
Poland (potential new frontier for unconvetional gas, shale gas)	4.1
Mozambique (potential new supplies of conventional gas, total gas)	2.8
Tanzania (potential new supplies of conventional gas, total gas)	1.6
Turkey (potential new frontier for unconventional gas, shale gas)	0.7

Unconventional natural gas reserves worldwide by country 2016

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