Natural gas is an up-to-date resource

Half a century ago, known oil reserves on our planet were almost twice as much as the volume of 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.

By the end of the first decade of the XXI century, the total volume of gas resources already explored in the world was about 190 trillion. Cubic meters. At a modern rate of consumption, this amount will be enough for mankind for 60 years, no more. And then natural gas will disappear, since it refers to mineral resources, which can not be renewed again in the earth's interior. Although experts estimate the potential volume of natural gas is much higher, because the planet still has many hard-to-reach deposits that have not been completely surveyed, and their reserves have not yet been determined accurately.

Among the states the largest known natural gas deposits are:

1. Russia.
2. Iran.
3. Qatar.
4. Turkmenistan.
5. Saudi Arabia.

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 accounts for about 24% of the world's resources of this natural wealth, today it is the most well-off among all countries in the world. The largest deposits on its territory are:

1. Urengoy - 10.2 trillion. M ³ .
2. Bovanenkovsky - 5.3 trillion. M ³ .
3. Yamburg - 5.2 trillion. M ³ .

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 planet is the Persian Gulf. 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

The largest owner of these natural resources 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. M ³ . And there are also others - Shatlyk, Dovletabad, Yashlar. Natural gas is produced on an industrial scale in China, India, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

Africa and Europe

The main African reserves are concentrated in Nigeria and Algeria. The largest Algerian deposits are Hassi Rmeil (2.6 trillion m ³ ), In Salah (2.3 trillion m ³ ) and In-Amenas (2 trillion m ³ ).

There are several large gas-bearing pools in Europe. For example, Shebelin in Ukraine, Troll in Norway, as well as in Hungary, the Netherlands, Albania and others.

Relevance of the resource

After oil, the second most important resource for the energy sector is, of course, natural gas, the price of which will continue to 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.