BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2009

Natural gas

Proved reserves

At end 1988

At end 1998

At end 2007

At end 2008

Trillion Trillion Trillion Trillion Trillion

cubic cubic cubic cubic cubic Share R/P

metres metres metres

feet metres of

total

ratio

4.76 4.65 6.73

237.7 6.73

3.6% 11.6

Canada

2.67 1.75 1.63

57.7 1.63

0.9% 9.3

Mexico

2.08 0.85 0.51

17.6 0.50

0.3% 9.1

Total

North

America

9.51 7.24 8.88

313.1 8.87

4.8% 10.9

Argentina

0.77 0.69 0.44

15.6 0.44

0.2% 10.0

Bolivia

0.15 0.15 0.71

25.1 0.71

0.4% 51.0

Brazil

0.11 0.22 0.27

11.5 0.33

0.2% 23.6

Colombia

0.13 0.20 0.12

4.0 0.11

0.1% 12.4

Peru

0.34 0.25 0.33

11.8 0.33

0.2% 98.5

Trinidad

Tobago

0.29 0.56 0.48

17.0 0.48

0.3% 12.2

Venezuela

2.86 4.15 4.84

170.9 4.84

2.6%

Other S. & Cent. America

0.15

0.14

0.07

2.4 0.07

◆

17.5

Total S. & Cent. America

4.79

6.35

7.27

258.2 7.31

4.0% 46.0

Azerbaijan

n/a 0.81 1.16

42.3 1.20

0.6% 81.3

Denmark

0.08 0.10 0.07

1.9 0.06

◆

5.5

Germany

0.36 0.26 0.14

4.2 0.12

0.1% 9.2

Italy

0.33 0.27 0.13

4.2 0.12

0.1% 14.2

Kazakhstan

n/a 1.81 1.85

64.4 1.82

1.0% 60.3

Netherlands

1.73 1.77 1.39

49.1 1.39

0.8% 20.6

Norway

2.30 3.79 2.88

102.7 2.91

1.6% 29.3

Poland

0.17 0.14 0.11

3.9 0.11

0.1% 27.1

Romania

0.17 0.36 0.63

22.2 0.63

0.3% 54.6

Russian

Federation

n/a 43.51 43.32

1529.2 43.30

23.4% 72.0

Turkmenistan

n/a 2.51 2.43

280.6 7.94

4.3%

Ukraine

n/a 1.02 0.93

32.6 0.92

0.5% 49.2

United

Kingdom

0.59 0.76 0.34

12.1 0.34

0.2% 4.9

Uzbekistan

n/a 1.58 1.59

55.8 1.58

0.9% 25.4

Other Europe & Eurasia

38.81

0.40

0.43

15.6 0.44

0.2% 43.2

Total Europe & Eurasia

44.53

59.09

57.39

2220.8 62.89

34.0% 57.8

Bahrain

0.19 0.14 0.09

3.0 0.09

◆

6.3

Iran

14.20 24.10 28.13

1045.7 29.61

16.0%

Iraq

2.69 3.19 3.17

111.9 3.17

1.7%

Kuwait

1.38 1.48 1.78

62.9 1.78

1.0%

Oman

0.28 0.57 0.98

34.6 0.98

0.5% 40.7

Qatar

4.62 10.90 25.46

899.3 25.46

13.8%

Saudi

Arabia

5.02 6.07 7.30

267.3 7.57

4.1% 96.9

Syria

0.11 0.24 0.28

10.0 0.28

0.2% 51.8

United

Arab

Emirates

5.66 6.00 6.44

227.1 6.43

3.5%

Yemen

0.16 0.48 0.49

17.3 0.49

0.3%

Other Middle East

†

0.05

1.7 0.05

◆

18.4

Total

Middle

East

34.34 53.17 74.17

2680.9 75.91

41.0%

Algeria

3.23 4.08 4.50

159.1 4.50

2.4% 52.1

Egypt

0.33 1.02 2.07

76.6 2.17

1.2% 36.9

Libya

0.83 1.32 1.54

54.4 1.54

0.8% 96.9

Nigeria

2.48 3.51 5.22

184.2 5.22

2.8%

Other

Africa

0.82 0.84 1.21

43.3 1.23

0.7% 66.2

Total

Africa

7.68 10.77 14.54

517.5 14.65

7.9% 68.2

Australia

1.11 1.65 2.41

88.6 2.51

1.4% 65.6

Bangladesh

0.35 0.30 0.37

13.1 0.37

0.2% 21.4

Brunei

0.32 0.38 0.34

12.4 0.35

0.2% 28.8

China

0.92 1.37 2.26

86.7 2.46

1.3% 32.3

India

0.60 0.67 1.06

38.5 1.09

0.6% 35.6

Indonesia

2.56 2.18 3.00

112.5 3.18

1.7% 45.7

Malaysia

1.49 2.41 2.39

84.3 2.39

1.3% 38.2

Myanmar

0.27 0.29 0.49

17.5 0.49

0.3% 39.9

Pakistan

0.65 0.61 0.85

30.1 0.85

0.5% 22.7

Papua

New

Guinea

0.13 0.43 0.44

15.6 0.44

0.2%

Thailand

0.20 0.42 0.32

10.7 0.30

0.2% 10.5

Vietnam

n/a 0.17 0.48

19.7 0.56

0.3% 70.1

Other Asia Pacifi

0.27 0.51 0.40

13.9 0.39

0.2% 22.1

Total Asia Pacifi

8.86 11.39 14.80

543.5 15.39

8.3% 37.4

Total

World

109.72 148.01 177.05 6534.0 185.02 100.0% 60.4

of which: European Union

3.65

3.77

2.91

101.4 2.87

1.6% 15.1

OECD

16.57 16.17 16.56

587.3 16.63

9.0% 14.6

Former

Soviet

Union

38.46 51.48 51.50

2013.1 57.00

30.8% 71.8

ore than 100 years.

†Less than 0.05.

◆

Less than 0.05%.

n/a not available.

Notes:

Proved reserves of natural gas

– Generally taken to be those quantities that geological and engineering information indicates with reasonable certainty can be recovered in the future

from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions.

Reserves-to-production (R/P) ratio

– If the reserves remaining at the end of any year are divided by the production in that year, the result is the length of time that those remaining reserves

would last if production were to continue at that rate.

Source of data

– The estimates in this table have been compiled using a combination of primary official sources and third-party data from Cedigaz and the OPEC Secretariat.

Production

Change

2008

over

Billion

cubic

metres

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008

2007

total

538.7 533.3 543.2 555.5 536.0 540.8 526.4 511.1 524.0 540.5

582.2

7.5%

19.3%

Canada

173.4 176.8 182.2 186.5 187.9 184.7 183.7 187.4 188.4 184.1

175.2

-5.1% 5.7%

Mexico

38.4 37.1 37.8 37.4 38.9 41.2 42.7 45.0 51.6 54.0

54.9

1.3% 1.8%

Total

North

America

750.5 747.2 763.2 779.4 762.8 766.6 752.8 743.6 764.0 778.7

812.3

4.1%

26.7%

Argentina

29.6 34.6 37.4 37.1 36.1 41.0 44.9 45.6 46.1 44.8

44.1

-1.9% 1.4%

Bolivia

2.8 2.3 3.2 4.7 4.9 6.4 9.8

11.9

12.9

13.8

13.9

0.5% 0.5%

Brazil

6.3 7.4 7.5 7.7 9.2 10.0 11.0 11.0 11.3 11.3

13.9

22.4% 0.5%

Colombia

6.3 5.2 5.9 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.7 7.0 7.5

9.1

19.8% 0.3%

Trinidad

Tobago

8.6 11.7 14.1 15.2 17.3 24.7 27.3 30.3 36.4 39.0

39.3

0.5% 1.3%

Venezuela

32.3 27.4 27.9 29.6 28.4 25.2 28.4 27.4 31.5 32.1

31.5

-2.2% 1.0%

Other

Cent.

America

2.9 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.6 4.0 4.9 5.8 6.5

7.2

11.6% 0.2%

Total

Cent.

America

88.8 92.0 99.7 104.3 106.0 117.1 131.7 137.9 151.1 155.0

158.9

2.2% 5.2%

Azerbaijan

5.1 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.5 5.2 6.1 9.8

14.7

50.0% 0.5%

Denmark

7.6 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.4 8.0 9.4

10.4

10.4 9.2

10.1

9.1% 0.3%

Germany

16.7 17.8 16.9 17.0 17.0 17.7 16.4 15.8 15.6 14.3

13.0

-9.2% 0.4%

Italy

17.4 16.0 15.2 14.0 13.4 12.7 11.9 11.1 10.1 8.9

8.4

-6.1% 0.3%

Kazakhstan

7.2 9.0 10.4 10.5 10.2 12.6 20.0 22.6 23.9 26.4

30.2

13.9% 1.0%

Netherlands

64.8 60.2 58.1 62.4 60.3 58.1 68.5 62.5 61.6 60.5

67.5

11.2% 2.2%

Norway

44.2 48.5 49.7 53.9 65.5 73.1 78.5 85.0 87.6 89.7

99.2

10.4% 3.2%

Poland

3.6 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3

4.1

-6.6% 0.1%

Romania

14.0 14.0 13.8 13.6 13.2 13.0 12.8 12.4 11.9 11.5

11.5

-0.3% 0.4%

Russian

Federation

534.8 534.6 528.7 526.2 538.8 561.4 573.3 580.1 593.8 592.0

601.7

1.4%

19.6%

Turkmenistan

12.0 20.6 42.5 46.4 48.4 53.5 52.8 57.0 60.4 65.4

66.1

0.7% 2.1%

Ukraine

16.3 16.4 16.2 16.6 16.9 17.5 18.5 18.8 19.1 19.1

18.7

-2.3% 0.6%

United

Kingdom

90.2 99.1

108.4

105.8

103.6

102.9 96.4 88.2 80.0 72.1

69.6

-3.7% 2.3%

Uzbekistan

49.6 50.3 51.1 52.0 51.9 52.0 54.2 54.0 54.5 59.1

62.2

4.9% 2.0%

Other

Europe

Eurasia

12.3 11.5 11.2 11.0 11.3 10.7 11.1 10.7 11.5 10.8

10.3

-5.4% 0.3%

Total

Europe

Eurasia

895.8 914.7 939.2 946.7 967.6 1001.7 1032.5 1038.2 1050.7 1053.3

1087.3

2.9%

35.4%

Bahrain

8.4 8.7 8.8 9.1 9.5 9.6 9.8

10.7

11.3

11.8

13.4

13.8% 0.4%

Iran

50.0 56.4 60.2 66.0 75.0 81.5 84.9

103.5

108.6

111.9

116.3

3.6% 3.8%

Kuwait

9.5 8.6 9.6 10.5 9.5 11.0 11.9 12.2 12.5 12.1

12.8

5.5% 0.4%

Oman

5.2 5.5 8.7 14.0 15.0 16.5 18.5 19.8 23.7 24.1

24.1

-0.3% 0.8%

Qatar

19.6 22.1 23.7 27.0 29.5 31.4 39.2 45.8 50.7 63.2

76.6

20.9% 2.5%

Saudi

Arabia

46.8 46.2 49.8 53.7 56.7 60.1 65.7 71.2 73.5 74.4

78.1

4.7% 2.5%

Syria

5.3 5.4 5.5 5.0 6.1 6.2 6.4 5.5 5.7 5.6

5.5

-2.8% 0.2%

United

Arab

Emirates

37.1 38.5 38.4 44.9 43.4 44.8 46.3 47.8 49.0 50.4

50.2

-0.7% 1.6%

Other

Middle

East

3.2 3.4 3.4 3.0 2.6 1.8 2.5 3.4 4.1 4.1

4.1

-1.7% 0.1%

Total

Middle

East

185.0 194.7 208.1 233.3 247.2 262.9 285.1 319.9 339.1 357.6

381.1

6.3%

12.4%

Algeria

76.6 86.0 84.4 78.2 80.4 82.8 82.0 88.2 84.5 84.8

86.5

1.7% 2.8%

Egypt

14.0 16.8 21.0 25.2 27.3 30.1 33.0 42.5 54.7 55.7

58.9

5.4% 1.9%

Libya

6.4 5.0 5.9 6.2 5.9 5.5 8.1

11.3

13.2

15.3

15.9

3.6% 0.5%

Nigeria

5.1 6.0 12.5 14.9 14.2 19.2 22.8 22.4 28.4 35.0

35.0

-0.2% 1.1%

Other

Africa

5.1 5.8 6.3 6.8 7.5 7.1 9.3

11.2

11.8

13.6

18.5

35.7% 0.6%

Total

Africa

107.2 119.7 130.1 131.3 135.3 144.8 155.2 175.6 192.6 204.4

214.8

4.8% 7.0%

Australia

30.4 30.8 31.2 32.5 32.6 33.2 35.3 37.1 38.9 40.0

38.3

-4.5% 1.2%

Bangladesh

7.8 8.3 10.0 10.7 11.4 12.3 13.2 14.5 15.3 16.3

17.3

6.0% 0.6%

Brunei

10.8 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 12.4 12.2 12.0 12.6 12.3

12.1

-1.2% 0.4%

China

23.3 25.2 27.2 30.3 32.7 35.0 41.5 49.3 58.6 69.2

76.1

9.6% 2.5%

India

24.5 25.1 26.4 26.4 27.6 29.5 29.2 29.6 29.3 30.1

30.6

1.4% 1.0%

Indonesia

64.6 70.0 65.2 63.3 69.7 73.2 70.3 71.2 70.3 67.6

69.7

2.7% 2.3%

Malaysia

38.5 40.8 45.3 46.9 48.3 51.8 53.9 59.9 59.7 60.8

62.5

2.5% 2.0%

Myanmar

1.8 1.7 3.4 7.0 8.4 9.6

10.2

12.2

12.6

13.5

12.4

-8.5% 0.4%

New

Zealand

4.6 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.6 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.1

3.8

-6.3% 0.1%

Pakistan

17.8 20.3 21.5 22.7 24.6 30.4 34.5 35.5 36.1 36.5

37.5

2.6% 1.2%

Thailand

17.5 19.2 20.2 19.6 20.5 21.8 22.4 23.7 24.3 26.0

28.9

10.7% 0.9%

Vietnam

0.9 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.4 4.2 6.9 6.8 7.1

7.9

11.9% 0.3%

Other Asia Pacifi

3.3 3.3 3.3 3.6 5.3 6.4 6.2 7.0

10.5

13.0

14.1

8.5% 0.5%

Total A

sia Pacifi

245.7 262.6 272.1 282.4 300.6 322.3 336.8 362.6 378.5 396.3

411.2

3.5%

13.4%

Total

World

2273.0 2330.9 2412.4 2477.4 2519.4 2615.5 2694.1 2777.8 2876.1 2945.3 3065.6 3.8% 100.0%

which:

European

Union

223.4 226.6 232.0 232.9 227.7 223.6 227.4 211.9 201.3 187.5

190.3

1.2% 6.2%

OECD

1041.8 1047.2 1071.0 1093.8 1083.9 1091.2 1088.0 1072.1 1086.6 1092.1

1136.6

3.9%

37.3%

Former

Soviet

Union

625.3 636.6 654.4 657.1 671.2 701.9 723.5 738.0 758.0 772.2

793.7

2.5%

25.8%

Other

EMEs

605.9

647.0

687.0

726.5

764.3

822.4

882.6

967.7

1031.5

1081.1

1135.3

4.7%

36.9%

xcluding gas flared or recycled.

Source: Includes data from Cedigaz.

Notes:

As far as possible, the data above represents standard cubic metres (measured at 15ºC and 1013 millibar (mbar); because it is derived directly from tonnes of oil equivalent using an average

conversion factor, it does not necessarily equate with gas volumes expressed in specific national terms.

Annual changes and shares of total are calculated using million tonnes of oil equivalent figures.

Growth rates are adjusted for leap years.

Natural gas production data expressed in billion cubic feet per day is available at

www.bp.com/statisticalreview

Production

Change

2008

over

Million

tonnes

oil

equivalent

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008

2007

total

494.2 487.4 495.5 508.2 489.9 496.2 481.1 468.1 479.3 494.5

533.0

7.5%

19.3%

Canada

156.1 159.1 164.0 167.8 169.1 166.2 165.3 168.7 169.6 165.7

157.7

-5.1% 5.7%

Mexico

34.5 33.4 34.0 33.7 35.0 37.0 38.4 40.5 46.4 48.6

49.4

1.3% 1.8%

Total

North

America

684.9 679.9 693.5 709.7 694.0 699.4 684.9 677.3 695.3 708.8

740.0

4.1%

26.7%

Argentina

26.6 31.1 33.7 33.4 32.5 36.9 40.4 41.1 41.5 40.3

39.7

-1.9% 1.4%

Bolivia

2.5 2.0 2.9 4.2 4.4 5.7 8.8

10.7

11.6

12.4

12.5

0.5% 0.5%

Brazil

5.7 6.7 6.7 6.9 8.3 9.0 9.9 9.9

10.2

12.5

22.4% 0.5%

Colombia

5.6 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.8

8.2

19.8% 0.3%

Trinidad

Tobago

7.8 10.6 12.6 13.7 15.6 22.3 24.6 27.3 32.8 35.1

35.4

0.5% 1.3%

Venezuela

29.1 24.7 25.1 26.6 25.6 22.7 25.6 24.7 28.3 28.9

28.3

-2.2% 1.0%

Other

Cent.

America

2.6 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.6 4.5 5.2 5.8

6.5

11.6% 0.2%

Total

Cent.

America

80.0 82.8 89.8 93.9 95.4 105.4 118.6 124.1 136.0 139.5

143.0

2.2% 5.2%

Azerbaijan

4.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.7 5.5 8.8

13.3

50.0% 0.5%

Denmark

6.8 7.0 7.3 7.5 7.5 7.2 8.5 9.4 9.4 8.3

9.1

9.1% 0.3%

Germany

15.0 16.1 15.2 15.3 15.3 15.9 14.7 14.2 14.1 12.9

11.7

-9.2% 0.4%

Italy

15.7 14.4 13.7 12.6 12.1 11.5 10.7 10.0 9.1 8.0

7.5

-6.1% 0.3%

Kazakhstan

6.5 8.1 9.4 9.5 9.2 11.3 18.0 20.3 21.5 23.8

27.2

13.9% 1.0%

Netherlands

58.3 54.2 52.3 56.2 54.3 52.2 61.6 56.3 55.4 54.5

60.8

11.2% 2.2%

Norway

39.8 43.6 44.8 48.5 59.0 65.8 70.6 76.5 78.9 80.7

89.3

10.4% 3.2%

Poland

3.2 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9

3.7

-6.6% 0.1%

Romania

12.6 12.6 12.4 12.2 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.2 10.7 10.4

10.4

-0.3% 0.4%

Russian

Federation

481.4 481.1 475.8 473.6 484.9 505.2 516.0 522.1 534.4 532.8

541.5

1.4%

19.6%

Turkmenistan

10.8 18.6 38.3 41.8 43.6 48.1 47.5 51.3 54.3 58.9

59.5

0.7% 2.1%

Ukraine

14.6 14.8 14.6 14.9 15.2 15.8 16.6 16.9 17.2 17.2

16.9

-2.3% 0.6%

United

Kingdom

81.1 89.2 97.5 95.2 93.2 92.6 86.7 79.4 72.0 64.9

62.6

-3.7% 2.3%

Uzbekistan

44.6 45.3 45.9 46.8 46.7 46.8 48.8 48.6 49.0 53.2

56.0

4.9% 2.0%

Other

Europe

Eurasia

11.1 10.3 10.1 9.9 10.1 9.6 10.0 9.7 10.4 9.7

9.2

-5.4% 0.3%

Total

Europe

Eurasia

806.2 823.2 845.3 852.1 870.8 901.5 929.2 934.4 945.7 947.9

978.6

2.9%

35.4%

Bahrain

7.5 7.8 7.9 8.2 8.5 8.7 8.8 9.6

10.2

10.6

12.1

13.8% 0.4%

Iran

45.0 50.7 54.2 59.4 67.5 73.4 76.4 93.2 97.7

100.7

104.7

3.6% 3.8%

Kuwait

8.5 7.8 8.6 9.5 8.5 9.9

10.7

11.0

11.3

10.9

11.5

5.5% 0.4%

Oman

4.7 4.9 7.8 12.6 13.5 14.9 16.7 17.8 21.3 21.6

21.6

-0.3% 0.8%

Qatar

17.6 19.8 21.3 24.3 26.6 28.3 35.3 41.2 45.6 56.9

69.0

20.9% 2.5%

Saudi

Arabia

42.1 41.6 44.8 48.3 51.0 54.1 59.1 64.1 66.2 67.0

70.3

4.7% 2.5%

Syria

4.8 4.9 4.9 4.5 5.5 5.6 5.8 4.9 5.1 5.1

4.9

-2.8% 0.2%

United

Arab

Emirates

33.4 34.6 34.5 40.4 39.1 40.3 41.7 43.0 44.1 45.4

45.2

-0.7% 1.6%

Other

Middle

East

2.9 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.4 1.6 2.3 3.1 3.7 3.7

3.7

-1.7% 0.1%

Total

Middle

East

166.5 175.3 187.3 209.9 222.5 236.6 256.6 287.9 305.2 321.9

343.0

6.3%

12.4%

Algeria

68.9 77.4 76.0 70.4 72.3 74.5 73.8 79.4 76.0 76.3

77.9

1.7% 2.8%

Egypt

12.6 15.1 18.9 22.7 24.6 27.1 29.7 38.3 49.2 50.1

53.0

5.4% 1.9%

Libya

5.7 4.5 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.0 7.3

10.2

11.9

13.8

14.3

3.6% 0.5%

Nigeria

4.6 5.4 11.3 13.4 12.8 17.3 20.5 20.2 25.6 31.5

31.5

-0.2% 1.1%

Other

Africa

4.6 5.2 5.6 6.1 6.8 6.4 8.4

10.1

10.6

12.2

16.7

35.7% 0.6%

Total

Africa

96.5 107.7 117.1 118.2 121.7 130.3 139.6 158.1 173.4 184.0

193.3

4.8% 7.0%

Australia

27.3 27.7 28.0 29.2 29.3 29.9 31.7 33.4 35.0 36.0

34.4

-4.5% 1.2%

Bangladesh

7.0 7.5 9.0 9.7 10.3 11.1 11.9 13.1 13.8 14.6

15.6

6.0% 0.6%

Brunei

9.7 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.3 11.1 11.0 10.8 11.3 11.0

10.9

-1.2% 0.4%

China

21.0 22.7 24.5 27.3 29.4 31.5 37.3 44.4 52.7 62.3

68.5

9.6% 2.5%

India

22.0 22.6 23.7 23.8 24.8 26.6 26.3 26.7 26.4 27.1

27.5

1.4% 1.0%

Indonesia

58.1 63.0 58.7 57.0 62.7 65.9 63.3 64.1 63.2 60.9

62.7

2.7% 2.3%

Malaysia

34.6 36.8 40.7 42.2 43.5 46.6 48.5 54.0 53.7 54.7

56.3

2.5% 2.0%

Myanmar

1.6 1.5 3.1 6.3 7.6 8.6 9.2

11.0

11.3

12.2

11.2

-8.5% 0.4%

New

Zealand

4.2 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.1 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.7

3.4

-6.3% 0.1%

Pakistan

16.0 18.3 19.4 20.4 22.1 27.4 31.0 32.0 32.5 32.8

33.8

2.6% 1.2%

Thailand

15.8 17.3 18.2 17.7 18.5 19.6 20.1 21.3 21.9 23.4

26.0

10.7% 0.9%

Vietnam

0.8 1.2 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.1 3.7 6.2 6.1 6.4

7.1

11.9% 0.3%

Other Asia Pacifi

3.0 2.9 3.0 3.2 4.7 5.8 5.6 6.3 9.4

11.7

12.7

8.5% 0.5%

Total Asia Pacifi

221.1 236.3 244.9 254.2 270.5 290.1 303.1 326.3 340.7 356.7

370.1

3.5%

13.4%

Total

World

2055.1 2105.2 2177.8 2237.9 2274.9 2363.4 2432.1 2508.1 2596.3 2658.8 2768.0 3.8% 100.0%

which:

European

Union

201.1 203.9 208.8 209.6 205.0 201.3 204.6 190.7 181.2 168.7

171.3

1.2% 6.2%

OECD

947.1 949.9 970.5 992.7 983.0 991.5 986.6 973.0 985.7 990.9

1031.9

3.9%

37.3%

Former

Soviet

Union

562.7 572.9 589.0 591.4 604.1 631.7 651.2 664.2 682.2 694.9

714.3

2.5%

25.8%

Other

EMEs

545.3

582.3

618.3

653.9

687.9

740.2

794.3

870.9

928.4

973.0

1021.8

4.7%

36.9%

xcluding gas flared or recycled.

Source: Includes data from Cedigaz.

Note: Growth rates are adjusted for leap years.

Consumption

Change

2008

over

Billion

cubic

metres

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008

2007

total

629.9 634.4 660.7 629.7 651.5 630.8 634.0 623.3 614.1 652.6

657.2

0.6%

22.0%

Canada

83.4 87.4 92.8 88.2 90.2 97.7 95.1 98.1 96.9 96.7

100.0

3.2% 3.3%

Mexico

39.5 37.4 40.2 40.7 45.8 50.6 53.4 53.3 60.9 63.1

67.2

6.2% 2.2%

Total

North

America

752.8 759.2 793.7 758.7 787.4 779.1 782.4 774.7 771.9 812.4

824.4

1.3%

27.6%

Argentina

30.5 32.4 33.2 31.1 30.3 34.6 37.9 40.4 41.8 43.9

44.5

1.0% 1.5%

Brazil

6.4 7.6 9.4 11.9 14.1 15.8 18.7 19.3 20.6 22.0

25.2

14.2% 0.8%

Chile

3.7 5.0 6.5 7.3 7.4 8.0 8.7 8.4 7.8 4.6

2.6

-43.2% 0.1%

Colombia

6.2 5.2 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.3 6.7 7.0 7.4

8.2

9.3% 0.3%

Ecuador

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.5

0.6

7.4%

◆

Peru

0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.5 1.8 2.7

3.4

26.6% 0.1%

Venezuela

32.3 27.4 27.9 29.6 28.4 25.2 28.4 27.4 31.5 32.2

32.4

0.3% 1.1%

Other

Cent.

America

10.0 11.3 11.9 13.6 14.4 15.9 16.2 19.5 24.0 24.6

26.3

6.6% 0.9%

Total

Cent.

America

89.8 89.5 95.5 100.3 101.4 106.3 117.4 123.7 135.2 137.9

143.0

3.5% 4.7%

Austria

8.3 8.5 8.1 8.6 8.5 9.4 9.5

10.0 9.4 8.9

9.5

6.3% 0.3%

Azerbaijan

5.1 5.4 5.2 7.5 7.5 7.7 8.3 8.6 9.1 8.0

9.3

16.0% 0.3%

Belarus

14.6 14.8 15.7 15.7 16.1 15.8 17.9 18.4 19.0 18.8

19.2

1.9% 0.6%

Belgium

Luxembourg

13.8 14.7 14.9 14.6 14.8 16.0 16.5 16.6 17.0 16.9

17.0

0.5% 0.6%

Bulgaria

3.5 3.0 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.3

3.3

-0.3% 0.1%

Czech

Republic

8.5 8.6 8.3 8.9 8.7 8.7 9.1 9.6 9.3 8.4

8.7

3.1% 0.3%

Denmark

4.7 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.1 4.6

4.6

0.5% 0.2%

Finland

3.7 3.7 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.2 3.9

4.0

0.8% 0.1%

France

37.0 37.7 39.7 41.7 41.7 43.3 44.5 45.8 44.1 42.5

44.2

3.7% 1.5%

Germany

79.7 80.2 79.5 82.9 82.6 85.5 85.9 86.2 87.2 82.9

82.0

-1.3% 2.7%

Greece

0.8 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.8 3.2 4.0

4.2

4.2% 0.1%

Hungary

10.9 11.0 10.7 11.9 11.8 13.2 13.0 13.4 12.7 12.0

12.0

-0.1% 0.4%

Iceland

– – – – – – – – – –

–

– –

Republic

Ireland

3.1 3.3 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.5 4.8

5.0

4.3% 0.2%

Italy

57.2 62.2 64.9 65.0 64.6 71.2 73.9 79.1 77.4 77.8

77.7

-0.4% 2.6%

Kazakhstan

7.1 7.7 9.4 9.8 10.8 12.9 14.9 18.8 20.3 19.5

20.6

5.1% 0.7%

Lithuania

2.3 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.6

3.2

-10.5% 0.1%

Netherlands

39.6 38.5 39.0 40.0 39.8 40.0 40.9 39.3 38.1 37.0

38.6

3.9% 1.3%

Norway

3.8 3.6 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3

4.4

2.9% 0.1%

Poland

10.6 10.3 11.1 11.5 11.2 11.2 13.1 13.6 13.7 13.7

13.9

1.4% 0.5%

Portugal

0.8 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.1 3.0 3.8 4.2 4.1 4.2

4.6

8.3% 0.2%

Romania

18.7 17.2 17.1 16.6 17.2 18.3 17.5 17.6 18.1 16.1

14.5

-9.8% 0.5%

Russian

Federation

353.8 352.8 366.0 361.5 377.3 381.2 389.9 393.0 419.2 425.7

420.2

-1.6% 13.9%

Slovakia

6.4 6.4 6.5 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.6 6.0 5.7

5.7

1.1% 0.2%

Spain

13.1 15.0 16.9 18.2 20.8 23.6 27.4 32.4 33.7 35.1

39.0

10.7% 1.3%

Sweden

0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.0

1.0

-7.6%

◆

Switzerland

2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.9

3.1

5.4% 0.1%

Turkey

10.3 12.4 14.6 16.0 17.4 20.9 22.1 26.9 30.5 35.1

36.0

2.5% 1.2%

Turkmenistan

10.0 11.0 12.2 12.5 12.9 14.2 15.0 16.1 18.4 21.3

19.0

-10.9% 0.6%

Ukraine

66.7 70.9 71.0 68.8 67.7 65.8 71.0 70.9 65.1 62.7

59.7

-5.0% 2.0%

United

Kingdom

87.9 93.6 96.9 96.4 95.1 95.4 97.4 94.7 90.1 90.9

93.9

3.0% 3.1%

Uzbekistan

45.6 47.8 45.7 49.6 50.9 45.8 43.4 42.7 41.9 45.9

48.7

5.9% 1.6%

Other

Europe

Eurasia

14.4 12.7 13.2 14.5 13.6 14.1 15.6 15.8 16.3 16.8

17.1

1.2% 0.6%

Total

Europe

Eurasia

945.4 967.5 996.9 1010.0 1029.1 1053.9 1087.2 1110.6 1132.4 1138.3

1143.9

0.2%

37.8%

Iran

51.8 58.4 62.9 70.1 79.2 82.9 86.5

105.0

108.7

113.0

117.6

3.8% 3.9%

Kuwait

9.5 8.6 9.6 10.5 9.5 11.0 11.9 12.2 12.5 12.1

12.8

5.5% 0.4%

Qatar

14.8 14.0 9.7 11.0 11.1 12.2 15.0 18.7 19.6 19.7

19.8

0.4% 0.7%

Saudi

Arabia

46.8 46.2 49.8 53.7 56.7 60.1 65.7 71.2 73.5 74.4

78.1

4.7% 2.6%

United

Arab

Emirates

30.4 31.4 31.4 37.9 36.4 37.9 40.2 42.1 43.4 49.3

58.1

17.5% 1.9%

Other

Middle

East

21.6 22.5 23.4 23.7 24.7 25.0 27.8 30.1 33.8 34.8

40.7

16.7% 1.3%

Total

Middle

East

174.8 181.1 186.7 206.8 217.6 229.0 247.1 279.2 291.5 303.3

327.1

7.6%

10.8%

Algeria

20.9 21.3 19.8 20.5 20.2 21.4 22.0 23.2 23.7 24.3

25.4

4.1% 0.8%

Egypt

13.7 16.4 20.0 24.5 26.5 29.7 31.7 31.6 36.5 38.4

40.9

6.3% 1.3%

South

Africa

– – – – – – – – – –

–

– –

Other

Africa

15.0 15.6 17.4 17.6 18.0 20.4 23.6 24.5 23.7 26.5

28.6

7.6% 0.9%

Total

Africa

49.5 53.4 57.2 62.6 64.7 71.5 77.4 79.4 83.9 89.2

94.9

6.1% 3.1%

Australia

19.8 20.2 20.5 22.0 22.4 22.4 22.8 21.9 24.0 24.9

23.5

-5.7% 0.8%

Bangladesh

7.8 8.3 10.0 10.7 11.4 12.3 13.2 14.5 15.3 16.3

17.3

6.0% 0.6%

China

20.3 21.5 24.5 27.4 29.2 33.9 39.7 46.8 56.1 69.5

80.7

15.8% 2.7%

China

Hong

Kong

SAR

3.0 3.3 3.0 3.0 2.9 1.8 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.2

2.6

15.4% 0.1%

India

24.5 25.1 26.4 26.4 27.6 29.5 31.9 35.7 37.3 40.1

41.4

3.0% 1.4%

Indonesia

29.5 32.0 29.7 31.0 32.9 35.2 33.2 35.2 35.9 34.0

38.0

11.5% 1.3%

Japan

66.1 69.4 72.3 74.3 72.7 79.8 77.0 78.6 83.7 90.2

93.7

3.6% 3.1%

Malaysia

17.4 16.1 24.3 25.8 26.7 27.1 24.5 29.3 29.0 28.5

30.7

7.2% 1.0%

New

Zealand

4.6 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.6 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.7 4.1

3.8

-6.3% 0.1%

Pakistan

17.8 20.3 21.5 22.7 24.6 30.4 34.5 35.5 36.1 36.5

37.5

2.6% 1.2%

Philippines

† † † 0.1 1.8 2.7 2.4 3.3 2.9 3.4

3.5

1.1% 0.1%

Singapore

1.5 1.5 1.7 4.6 5.0 5.4 6.5 6.5 8.6 8.6

9.2

6.6% 0.3%

South

Korea

15.4 18.7 21.0 23.1 25.7 26.9 31.5 33.7 35.6 38.5

39.7

2.8% 1.3%

Taiwan

6.2 6.3 6.8 7.3 8.2 8.4

10.2

10.3

11.1

11.8

12.8

8.4% 0.4%

Thailand

17.6 19.2 22.0 24.8 26.9 28.8 29.9 32.5 33.3 35.4

37.4

5.6% 1.2%

Other Asia Pacifi

4.5 4.9 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.5 8.7

12.1

12.3

13.0

13.6

4.3% 0.4%

Total Asia Pacifi

255.8 272.2 294.9 314.9 329.5 355.6 372.3 402.2 427.8 456.8

485.3

5.9%

16.0%

Total

World

2268.2 2322.8 2424.8 2453.3 2529.7 2595.5 2683.9 2769.8 2842.7 2938.0 3018.7 2.5% 100.0%

which:

European

Union

414.3 428.6 440.1 450.8 451.5 471.6 485.0 495.5 488.9 480.9

490.1

1.6%

16.2%

OECD

1262.4 1294.8 1348.4 1331.7 1363.5 1384.6 1405.3 1414.8 1417.4 1466.7

1494.3

1.7%

49.7%

Former

Soviet

Union

513.7 520.2 535.5 536.5 553.3 554.3 572.1 580.9 605.7 615.1

609.6

-1.2% 20.1%

Other

EMEs

492.1 507.8 541.0 585.1 612.9 656.6 706.5 774.1 819.6 856.1

914.9

6.6%

30.2%

†Less than 0.05.

Source: Includes data from Cedigaz.

◆

Less than 0.05%.

Notes: Annual changes and shares of total are calculated using million tonnes of oil equivalent figures.

Growth rates are adjusted for leap years.

The difference between these world consumption figures and the world production statistics on page 24 is due to variations in stocks at storage facilities and liquefaction plants, together with unavoidable
disparities in the definition, measurement or conversion of gas supply and demand data.
As far as possible, the data above represents standard cubic metres (measured at 15ºC and 1013mbar); because it is derived directly from tonnes of oil equivalent using an average conversion factor, it
does not necessarily equate with gas volumes expressed in specific national terms.
Natural gas consumption data expressed in billion cubic feet per day is available at

www.bp.com/statisticalreview

Consumption

Change

2008

over

Million

tonnes

oil

equivalent

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008

2007

total

575.3 577.3 600.4 573.9 593.7 577.0 577.9 569.1 560.0 595.4

600.7

0.6%

22.0%

Canada

75.1 78.6 83.5 79.4 81.2 87.9 85.6 88.3 87.3 87.0

90.0

3.2% 3.3%

Mexico

35.5 33.6 36.2 36.7 41.2 45.5 48.0 48.0 54.8 56.8

60.5

6.2% 2.2%

Total

North

America

685.9 689.6 720.0 689.9 716.0 710.4 711.4 705.4 702.1 739.3

751.2

1.3%

27.6%

Argentina

27.5 29.1 29.9 28.0 27.2 31.1 34.1 36.4 37.6 39.5

40.0

1.0% 1.5%

Brazil

5.7 6.8 8.5 10.7 12.7 14.2 16.8 17.4 18.5 19.8

22.7

14.2% 0.8%

Chile

3.3 4.5 5.8 6.6 6.6 7.2 7.8 7.5 7.0 4.1

2.3

-43.2% 0.1%

Colombia

5.6 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.7 6.0 6.3 6.7

7.3

9.3% 0.3%

Ecuador

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5

0.5

7.4%

◆

Peru

0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.6 2.4

3.1

26.6% 0.1%

Venezuela

29.1 24.7 25.1 26.6 25.6 22.7 25.6 24.7 28.3 29.0

29.1

0.3% 1.1%

Other

Cent.

America

9.0 10.2 10.7 12.2 12.9 14.3 14.6 17.6 21.6 22.1

23.6

6.6% 0.9%

Total

Cent.

America

80.8 80.6 85.9 90.2 91.2 95.7

105.7

111.3

121.7

124.1

128.7

3.5% 4.7%

Austria

7.5 7.6 7.3 7.7 7.7 8.5 8.5 9.0 8.5 8.0

8.5

6.3% 0.3%

Azerbaijan

4.6 4.9 4.7 6.8 6.8 7.0 7.5 7.7 8.2 7.2

8.4

16.0% 0.3%

Belarus

13.1 13.4 14.2 14.1 14.5 14.3 16.1 16.5 17.1 16.9

17.3

1.9% 0.6%

Belgium

Luxembourg

12.4 13.3 13.4 13.2 13.4 14.4 14.9 14.9 15.3 15.2

15.3

0.5% 0.6%

Bulgaria

3.1 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9

2.9

-0.3% 0.1%

Czech

Republic

7.7 7.7 7.5 8.0 7.8 7.8 8.2 8.6 8.4 7.6

7.8

3.1% 0.3%

Denmark

4.3 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.1

4.1

0.5% 0.2%

Finland

3.3 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.5

3.6

0.8% 0.1%

France

33.3 33.9 35.7 37.5 37.5 39.0 40.1 41.3 39.7 38.3

39.8

3.7% 1.5%

Germany

71.7 72.1 71.5 74.6 74.3 77.0 77.3 77.6 78.5 74.6

73.8

-1.3% 2.7%

Greece

0.8 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.9 3.6

3.8

4.2% 0.1%

Hungary

9.8 9.9 9.7 10.7 10.6 11.9 11.7 12.1 11.5 10.8

10.8

-0.1% 0.4%

Iceland

– – – – – – – – – –

–

– –

Republic

Ireland

2.8 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.3

4.5

4.3% 0.2%

Italy

51.5 56.0 58.4 58.5 58.1 64.1 66.5 71.2 69.7 70.0

69.9

-0.4% 2.6%

Kazakhstan

6.4 6.9 8.5 8.8 9.7 11.6 13.4 16.9 18.2 17.6

18.5

5.1% 0.7%

Lithuania

2.1 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.3

2.9

-10.5% 0.1%

Netherlands

35.6 34.7 35.1 36.0 35.8 36.0 36.8 35.3 34.3 33.3

34.7

3.9% 1.3%

Norway

3.4 3.2 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8

4.0

2.9% 0.1%

Poland

9.5 9.3 10.0 10.4 10.1 10.1 11.8 12.3 12.3 12.3

12.5

1.4% 0.5%

Portugal

0.7 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.8 2.7 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.8

4.1

8.3% 0.2%

Romania

16.8 15.5 15.4 14.9 15.5 16.5 15.7 15.8 16.3 14.5

13.1

-9.8% 0.5%

Russian

Federation

318.5 317.5 329.4 325.4 339.6 343.1 350.9 353.7 377.3 383.1

378.2

-1.6% 13.9%

Slovakia

5.7 5.8 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.1

5.2

1.1% 0.2%

Spain

11.8 13.5 15.2 16.4 18.8 21.3 24.7 29.1 30.3 31.6

35.1

10.7% 1.3%

Sweden

0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9

0.9

-7.6%

◆

Switzerland

2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6

2.8

5.4% 0.1%

Turkey

9.2 11.1 13.1 14.4 15.6 18.8 19.9 24.2 27.4 31.6

32.4

2.5% 1.2%

Turkmenistan

9.0 9.9 11.0 11.2 11.6 12.8 13.5 14.5 16.5 19.1

17.1

-10.9% 0.6%

Ukraine

60.0 63.8 63.9 61.9 60.9 59.2 63.9 63.8 58.6 56.4

53.8

-5.0% 2.0%

United

Kingdom

79.1 84.2 87.2 86.7 85.6 85.8 87.7 85.2 81.1 81.8

84.5

3.0% 3.1%

Uzbekistan

41.0 43.0 41.1 44.6 45.8 41.2 39.1 38.4 37.7 41.3

43.8

5.9% 1.6%

Other

Europe

Eurasia

12.9 11.4 11.9 13.0 12.2 12.7 14.0 14.2 14.7 15.1

15.4

1.2% 0.6%

Total

Europe

Eurasia

850.8 870.8 897.2 909.0 926.2 948.5 978.5 999.6

1019.2

1024.5

1029.6

0.2%

37.8%

Iran

46.6 52.5 56.6 63.1 71.3 74.6 77.9 94.5 97.8

101.7

105.8

3.8% 3.9%

Kuwait

8.5 7.8 8.6 9.5 8.5 9.9

10.7

11.0

11.3

10.9

11.5

5.5% 0.4%

Qatar

13.3 12.6 8.7 9.9 10.0 11.0 13.5 16.8 17.6 17.7

17.9

0.4% 0.7%

Saudi

Arabia

42.1 41.6 44.8 48.3 51.0 54.1 59.1 64.1 66.2 67.0

70.3

4.7% 2.6%

United

Arab

Emirates

27.4 28.3 28.3 34.1 32.8 34.1 36.2 37.8 39.0 44.4

52.3

17.5% 1.9%

Other

Middle

East

19.4 20.3 21.0 21.3 22.2 22.5 25.0 27.1 30.4 31.3

36.6

16.7% 1.3%

Total

Middle

East

157.3 163.0 168.1 186.1 195.8 206.1 222.4 251.3 262.3 273.0

294.4

7.6%

10.8%

Algeria

18.8 19.2 17.9 18.5 18.2 19.3 19.8 20.9 21.4 21.9

22.8

4.1% 0.8%

Egypt

12.3 14.8 18.0 22.1 23.9 26.7 28.5 28.4 32.9 34.5

36.8

6.3% 1.3%

South

Africa

– – – – – – – – – –

–

– –

Other

Africa

13.5 14.1 15.7 15.9 16.2 18.4 21.3 22.1 21.3 23.9

25.8

7.6% 0.9%

Total

Africa

44.6 48.0 51.5 56.4 58.2 64.4 69.6 71.4 75.5 80.3

85.4

6.1% 3.1%

Australia

17.8 18.2 18.5 19.8 20.2 20.2 20.5 19.7 21.6 22.4

21.2

-5.7% 0.8%

Bangladesh

7.0 7.5 9.0 9.7 10.3 11.1 11.9 13.1 13.8 14.6

15.6

6.0% 0.6%

China

18.2 19.3 22.1 24.7 26.3 30.5 35.7 42.1 50.5 62.6

72.6

15.8% 2.7%

China

Hong

Kong

SAR

2.7 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 1.7 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.0

2.3

15.4% 0.1%

India

22.0 22.6 23.7 23.8 24.8 26.6 28.7 32.1 33.5 36.0

37.2

3.0% 1.4%

Indonesia

26.5 28.8 26.8 27.9 29.6 31.7 29.8 31.7 32.3 30.6

34.2

11.5% 1.3%

Japan

59.5 62.5 65.1 66.8 65.4 71.8 69.3 70.7 75.4 81.2

84.4

3.6% 3.1%

Malaysia

15.7 14.5 21.9 23.2 24.0 24.4 22.0 26.4 26.1 25.7

27.6

7.2% 1.0%

New

Zealand

4.2 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.1 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.7

3.4

-6.3% 0.1%

Pakistan

16.0 18.3 19.4 20.4 22.1 27.4 31.0 32.0 32.5 32.8

33.8

2.6% 1.2%

Philippines

† † † 0.1 1.6 2.4 2.1 3.0 2.6 3.1

3.1

1.1% 0.1%

Singapore

1.4 1.4 1.6 4.1 4.5 4.8 5.9 5.9 7.7 7.7

8.3

6.6% 0.3%

South

Korea

13.8 16.8 18.9 20.8 23.1 24.2 28.4 30.4 32.0 34.7

35.7

2.8% 1.3%

Taiwan

5.6 5.7 6.1 6.6 7.4 7.6 9.2 9.3

10.0

10.6

11.5

8.4% 0.4%

Thailand

15.8 17.3 19.8 22.3 24.2 26.0 26.9 29.3 30.0 31.8

33.7

5.6% 1.2%

Other Asia Pacifi

4.1 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.4 5.9 7.8

10.9

11.0

11.7

12.2

4.3% 0.4%

Total Asia Pacifi

230.3 245.0 265.4 283.4 296.5 320.1 335.1 362.0 385.0 411.2

436.8

5.9%

16.0%

Total

World

2049.7 2096.9 2188.1 2215.1 2284.0 2345.2 2422.8 2501.0 2565.8 2652.2 2726.1 2.5% 100.0%

which:

European

Union

372.9 385.7 396.1 405.7 406.3 424.4 436.5 445.9 440.0 432.8

441.1

1.6%

16.2%

OECD

1144.6 1171.7 1219.3 1205.7 1234.4 1255.4 1272.1 1281.4 1283.1 1328.1

1354.1

1.7%

49.7%

Former

Soviet

Union

462.3 468.2 481.9 482.8 498.0 498.8 514.9 522.8 545.1 553.6

548.6

-1.2% 20.1%

Other

EMEs

442.8 457.0 486.9 526.6 551.6 591.0 635.8 696.7 737.6 770.5

823.4

6.6%

30.2%

†Less than 0.05.

Source: Includes data from Cedigaz.

◆

Less than 0.05%.

Notes: Growth rates are adjusted for leap years.

The difference between these world consumption figures and the world production statistics on page 25 is due to variations in stocks at storage facilities and liquefaction plants, together with unavoidable
disparities in the definition, measurement or conversion of gas supply and demand data.

Trade movements 2008 by pipeline

Billion cubic metres

From

Cent

Canada

Mexico

Bolivia Other S

America

Belgium

Germany

Netherlands Norway United

Kingdom

Russian Fed Turkmenistan

Other Europe

& Eurasia

Iran

Qatar

Algeria

Egypt

Libya

Mozambique Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Total

imports

North America

–

103.20

1.21 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

104.41

Canada

15.90 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

15.90

Mexico

10.28 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

10.28

S. & Cent. America

Argentina

– – –

0.89 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

0.89

Brazil

– – –

10.90

0.13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

11.03

Chile

– – – –

0.69 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

0.69

Others

– – – –

0.97 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

0.97

Europe

Austria

– – – – – –

1.20 –

1.10 –

5.80 – – – – – – – – – – –

8.10

Belgium

– – – – – –

0.70

7.90

7.95

1.70 – – – – – – – – – – – –

18.25

Bulgaria

– – – – – – – – – –

3.10 – – – – – – – – – – –

3.10

Croatia

– – – – – – – – – –

1.06 –

0.23 – – – – – – – – –

1.29

Czech

Republic – – – – – – – –

2.01 –

6.60 – – – – – – – – – – –

8.61

Finland

– – – – – – – – – –

4.50 – – – – – – – – – – –

4.50

France

– – – – –

0.80

2.40

8.00

15.90

0.60

8.80 –

0.16 – – – – – – – – –

36.66

Germany

– – – – – – –

20.50

26.40

1.60

36.20 –

2.40 – – – – – – – – –

87.10

Greece

– – – – – – – – – –

2.80 –

0.40 – – – – – – – – –

3.20

Hungary

– – – – – –

2.10 – – –

8.90 –

0.50 – – – – – – – – –

11.50

Ireland

– – – – – – – – –

5.00 – – – – – – – – – – – –

5.00

Italy

– – – – – –

1.10

8.70

6.00

0.70

24.50 – – – –

24.44 –

9.87 – – – –

75.31

Lithuania

– – – – – – – – – –

3.09 – – – – – – – – – – –

3.09

Luxembourg

– – – – –

0.60

0.60 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1.20

Netherlands

– – – – – –

4.40 –

6.23

0.90

4.33 –

2.14 – – – – – – – – –

18.00

Poland

– – – – – –

1.10 – – –

7.20 –

1.50 – – – – – – – – –

9.80

Portugal

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1.93 – – – – – –

1.93

Romania

– – – – – – – – – –

3.50 –

1.00 – – – – – – – – –

4.50

Serbia

– – – – – – – – – –

2.15 – – – – – – – – – – –

2.15

Slovakia

– – – – – – – – – –

5.60 – – – – – – – – – – –

5.60

Spain

– – – – – – – –

1.80 – – –

0.10 – –

8.97 – – – – – –

10.87

Switzerland

– – – – – –

1.45

0.90

0.09 –

0.35 –

0.40 – – – – – – – – –

3.19

Turkey

– – – – – – – – – –

23.55 –

2.95

5.80 – – – – – – – –

32.30

United

Kingdom – – – – –

1.12 –

9.00

25.30 – – – – – – – – – – – – –

35.42

Others

– – – – – –

0.09 – – –

2.38 –

0.91 – –

0.41 – – – – – –

3.79

Middle East

Iran

– – – – – – – – – – –

6.50

0.40 – – – – – – – – –

6.90

Jordan

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

2.72 – – – – –

2.72

United

Arab

Emirates

– – – – – – – – – – – – – –

15.40 – – – – – – –

15.40

Others

– – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1.70 –

0.14 – – – – –

1.84

Africa

Tunisia

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1.25 – – – – – –

1.25

Other

Africa

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

0.50 – –

3.20 – – –

3.70

Asia Pacifi c

Singapore

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

6.65

1.62 –

8.27

Thailand

– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

8.55

8.55

Total

exports 26.18 103.20 1.21 11.79 1.79 2.52

15.14 55.00 92.78 10.50

154.41 6.50

13.09 5.80 17.10 37.50 2.86 9.87 3.20 6.65 1.62 8.55 587.26

Notes:

Flows are on a contractual basis and may not correspond to physical gas flows in all cases.

Source: Cedigaz (provisional).

Data excludes trade within the Former Soviet Union, except the three Baltic States.

Trade movements 2008 – liquefi ed natural gas

Billion cubic metres

From

Trinidad

& Tobago

Belgium

Norway

Oman

Qatar

UAE

Algeria

Egypt

Equatorial

Guinea

Libya

Nigeria

Australia

Brunei

Indonesia

Malaysia

Total

imports

North America

–

7.47 –

0.48 –

0.09 – –

1.56 – –

0.34 – – – –

9.94

Mexico

–

1.28 –

0.08 –

0.09 – –

1.12 – –

1.04 – – – –

3.61

S. & Cent. America

Argentina

–

0.33 – – – – – –

0.08 – – – – – – –

0.41

Dominican

Republic

–

0.47 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

0.47

Puerto

Rico

–

0.81 – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

0.81

Europe

Belgium

–

0.08

–0.40

0.08 –

2.65 –

0.08 – – – – – – –

2.49

France

–

0.08 –

0.25 – – –

7.60

1.06 – –

3.60 – – – –

12.59

Greece

–

0.08 – – – – –

0.70

0.16 – – – – – – –

0.94

Italy

– – – – – – –

1.56 – – – – – – – –

1.56

Portugal

– –

0.05 – – – – – – – –

2.58 – – – –

2.63

Spain

– 4.32 0.18 1.05 0.17 5.12

– 4.90 4.91 0.08 0.53 7.47

–

28.73

Turkey

– – – – – – –

4.25

0.08 – –

0.98 – – – –

5.31

United

Kingdom –

0.47 – – –

0.12 –

0.37

0.08 – – – – – – –

1.04

Asia Pacifi c

China

– – – – – – –

0.17

0.25

0.16 –

0.24

3.61 – –

0.01

4.44

India

– 0.24 0.09 0.08 0.35 7.98 0.13 0.65 0.26 0.44

– 0.41 0.16

–

10.79

Japan

0.97 0.67

– 0.17 4.25

10.91 7.41 1.12 2.21 1.64

– 2.36

15.94 8.22

18.79

17.47

92.13

South

Korea

– 0.84 0.08

– 6.04

11.62

– 0.47 2.13 1.33

– 0.16 0.53 0.98 4.06 8.31

36.55

Taiwan

– 0.22

–

– 0.09 1.10

– 0.08 0.08 1.53

– 1.36

–

– 4.00 3.61

12.07

Total

exports

0.97 17.36 0.00 2.19 10.90 39.68 7.54 21.87 14.06 5.18 0.53 20.54 20.24 9.20 26.85 29.40 226.51

Note:

The negative entry for ‘from Belgium to Belgium’ represents the re-export of LNG which was delivered to Zeebrugge terminal and then reloaded

Source: Cedigaz (provisional).

and shipped to other destinations.

Major trade movements

Trade fl ows worldwide (billion cubic metres)

5.0

103.2

15.9

10.3

10.9

46.0

6.5

5.8

23.6

5.5

25.3

130.9

45.6

8.6

6.7

7.5

4.6

21.5

4.3

13.7

7.9

22.6

17.7

8.5

3.3

4.0

15.4

15.9

44.5

3.6

13.4

7.6

Pipeline gas

LNG

3.2

67.5

9.0

US
Canada
Mexico
S. & Cent. America
Europe & Eurasia
Middle East
Africa
Asia Pacifi c

Prices

LNG

Natural gas

Crude oil

Japan

European

Canada

OECD

US dollars per million Btu

cif

Union cif

Heren NBP Index†

Henry Hub‡

Alberta‡

countries cif

1985

5.23

3.83 – – –

4.75

1986

4.10

3.65 – – –

2.57

1987

3.35

2.59 – – –

3.09

1988

3.34

2.36 – – –

2.56

1989

3.28 2.09

– 1.70

– 3.01

1990

3.64 2.82

– 1.64 1.05 3.82

1991

3.99 3.18

– 1.49 0.89 3.33

1992

3.62 2.76

– 1.77 0.98 3.19

1993

3.52 2.53

– 2.12 1.69 2.82

1994

3.18 2.24

– 1.92 1.45 2.70

1995

3.46 2.37

– 1.69 0.89 2.96

1996

3.66 2.43 1.87 2.76 1.12 3.54

1997

3.91 2.65 1.96 2.53 1.36 3.29

1998

3.05 2.26 1.86 2.08 1.42 2.16

1999

3.14 1.80 1.58 2.27 2.00 2.98

2000

4.72 3.25 2.71 4.23 3.75 4.83

2001

4.64 4.15 3.17 4.07 3.61 4.08

2002

4.27 3.46 2.37 3.33 2.57 4.17

2003

4.77 4.40 3.33 5.63 4.83 4.89

2004

5.18 4.56 4.46 5.85 5.03 6.27

2005

6.05 5.95 7.38 8.79 7.25 8.74

2006

7.14 8.69 7.87 6.76 5.83

10.66

2007

7.73 8.93 6.01 6.95 6.17

11.95

2008

12.55 12.61 10.79 8.85 7.99 16.76

†P

rice is for NBP Day-Ahead Index. Source: ICIS Heren Energy Ltd.

‡So

urce:

Natural Gas Week.

Note:

Btu = British thermal units; cif = cost+insurance+freight (average prices).

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