List of natural gas fields

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This list of natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present.

Countries where natural gas fields are located

N.B. Some of the items listed are basins or projects that comprise many fields (e.g. Sakhalin has three fields: Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun-Dagi).

25 largest conventional non-associated gas fields

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No. Field name Country Recoverable reserves[1] 10^9 BOE Depletion

(as of 2021)

1 South Pars / North Dome   Iran and   Qatar 1,230×10^12 cu ft 35,000 km3 220 10 %
2 Urengoy   Russia 222×10^12 cu ft 6,300 km3 38 90 %
3 Yamburg   Russia 138×10^12 cu ft 3,900 km3 24 80 %
4 Bovanenkovo   Russia 140×10^12 cu ft 4,000 km3 24 20 %
5 Hassi R’Mel   Algeria 123×10^12 cu ft 3,500 km3 21 80 %
6 Shtokman   Russia 110×10^12 cu ft 3,100 km3 19 0 %
7 Galkynysh   Turkmenistan 98×10^12 cu ft 2,800 km3 17 unknown
8 Rusanovskoye   Russia 100×10^12 cu ft 2,800 km3 17 0 %
9 Astrakhan   Russia 100×10^12 cu ft 2,800 km3 16 75 %
10 Zapolyarnoye   Russia 95×10^12 cu ft 2,700 km3 16 40 %
11 Groningen   Netherlands 73×10^12 cu ft 2,100 km3 13 95 %
12 Leningradskoye   Russia 70×10^12 cu ft 2,000 km3 12 0 %
13 Kruzenshtern   Russia 70×10^12 cu ft 2,000 km3 11 5 %
14 Medvezhye   Russia 68×10^12 cu ft 1,900 km3 11 95 %
15 Troll   Norway 63×10^12 cu ft 1,800 km3 11 60 %
16 Dauletabad   Turkmenistan 49.5×10^12 cu ft 1,400 km3 8 unknown
17 Karachaganak   Kazakhstan 48.4×10^12 cu ft 1,370 km3 8 45 %
18 North Pars   Iran 47.2×10^12 cu ft 1,340 km3 8 0 %
19 Kish   Iran 45×10^12 cu ft 1,300 km3 8 unknown
20 Orenburg   Russia 45×10^12 cu ft 1,300 km3 8 90 %
21 Kharasavey   Russia 42×10^12 cu ft 1,200 km3 7 5 %
22 Shah Deniz   Azerbaijan 42×10^12 cu ft 1,200 km3 7 20 %
23 Golshan   Iran 30×10^12 cu ft 850 km3 5 0 %
24 Zohr[2]   Egypt 30×10^12 cu ft 850 km3 5 10 %
25 Hugoton   United States 27×10^12 cu ft 760 km3 5 95 %

Table sources:

Data was retrieved from,[3] depletion levels from [4] or calculated from open source production data.

Notes:

  • Gasfields are non-associated gas and condensate fields.
  • Size refers to ultimate recoverable reserves (including past production) expressed in trillion cubic feet.
Algeria
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
  • Awali (20×10^12 cu ft (570 km3))
Bolivia (~1.5×1012 m³)
Brazil
Burma
  • Zawtica (8.5×10^12 cu ft (240 km3))
  • Shwe Gas (located in Rakhine state)
Canada
China
Cyprus
Ecuador
Egypt

New finding in the Nile Delta Basin of 223×10^12 cu ft (6,300 km3))

    • Wakar (1.5×10^12 cu ft (42 km3))
    • Temsah (1.5×10^12 cu ft (42 km3))
    • Ras El Barr (4×10^12 cu ft (110 km3))
    • Halawa (1×10^12 cu ft (28 km3))
    • Kafr Al Shaikh (2×10^12 cu ft (57 km3))
    • Zohr (30×10^12 cu ft (850 km3))
Ethiopia
  • Ogaden Basin (2.4×10^9 cu ft (68,000,000 m3), 68×106m³)
France
  • Lacq (9×10^12 cu ft (250 km3))
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
  • South Pars (500×10^12 cu ft (14,000 km3))
  • North Pars (59×10^12 cu ft (1,700 km3))
  • Kish Gas Field (58×10^12 cu ft (1,600 km3))
  • Golshan Gas Field (45 - 55×10^12 cu ft (1,600 km3))
  • Tabnak (21.2×10^12 cu ft (600 km3))
  • Kangan (20.1×10^12 cu ft (570 km3))
  • Farsi (11-22×10^12 cu ft (620 km3))
  • Nar (13×10^12 cu ft (370 km3))
  • Aghar (11.6×10^12 cu ft (330 km3))
  • Khangiran (11×10^12 cu ft (310 km3))
  • Ahwaz Field (11×10^12 cu ft (310 km3))
  • Ferdowsi Gas Field (10×10^12 cu ft (280 km3))
  • Aghajari Field (10×10^12 cu ft (280 km3))
  • Gachsaran Field (6×10^12 cu ft (170 km3))
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Lebanon
  • Chekka[12]
  • Levant Basin Province (estimated total of this entire region 122×10^12 cu ft (3,500 km3)) within the territorial waters of Lebanon, Turkey, the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Israel, Syria, and Cyprus[13]
  • North Levant Basin[14]
Libya
Mauritania
Mexico
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
North Sea
Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea (Norwegian part of the Barents Sea only)
Pakistan (~1012m³)
Palestine (Gaza)
Peru
Qatar
Romania (~600×109m³)
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone
  • Dorra (35×10^12 cu ft (990 km3))
Saudi-Kuwaiti neutral zone
South Korea
Syria
  • Levant Basin province (estimated total of this entire region 122×10^12 cu ft (3,500 km3)) within the territorial waters of Syria, the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Israel, Lebanon, and Cyprus[13]
  • The Leviathan gas field located off the coast of Israel and Palestine (Gaza), and possibly Lebanon[19]
Taiwan
  • Nushan
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
  • Baovang (11×10^12 cu ft (310 km3))

By size

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Sorted by size (*109 m³):

  1. Asalouyeh, South Pars Gas Field (10000 - 15000)
  2. Urengoy gas field (10200)
  3. Marcellus shale (4452-13674)
  4. Haynesville Shale (7079)
  5. Iolotan gas field (7000)
  6. Yamburg gas field (5242)
  7. Bovanenkovskoe field (4400)
  8. Leningradskoye field (4000)
  9. Rusanovskoye field (4000)
  10. Zapolyarnoye gas field (3500)
  11. Shtokman field (3200)
  12. Point Tomson (3000)
  13. Manas (3000)
  14. Groningen (2850)
  15. Astrakhanskoye field (2711)
  16. Anadarko Basin (2650)
  17. Hassi R'mel (2549)
  18. West Kamchatka shelf (2300)
  19. Medvezhye field (2200)
  20. Yurubchen (2100)
  21. Hugoton Natural Gas Area (2039)
  22. Kharasoveiskoye field (1900)
  23. Orenburgskoe field (1900)
  24. Kovykta field (1900)
  25. Karachaganak field, Kazakhstan (1800)
  26. Dauletabad gas field (1602)
  27. Jupiter gas field (1000-1600)
  28. Kyrtael field (1600)
  29. North Pars (1565)
  30. Kish Gas Field (1560)
  31. Ghawar Field (1500)
  32. Kyzyloi Field (1420)
  33. Pazanun (1415)
  34. Elsuort (more than 1400)
  35. Golshan Gas Field (1325)
  36. Troll (1325)
  37. Sakhalin-III (1300)
  38. Chayandinskoye field (1240)
  39. Angaro-Lenskoye field (1220)
  40. Shah Deniz gas field (1200)
  41. Central-Astrakhan field (1200)
  42. Shatlyk gas field (1200)
  43. Urtga/Kuanysh/Akchalak (1200)
  44. Shebeli field (1200)
  45. Chicontepec Field (1100)
  46. Greater Gorgon (1100)
  47. Dorra (1000)
  48. Yuzhno-Russkoye field (1000)
  49. South-Tambey field (1000)
  50. Dazhou (600)
  51. Krusenstern field (960)
  52. North-Tambey field (929)
  53. North West Shelf Venture (875)
  54. Kharampurskoye field (825)
  55. Mahakam gas field (822)
  56. Pestsovoe field (800)
  57. Utrenneye field (747)
  58. Malyginskoye field (745)
  59. Yurkharovskoye field (740)
  60. Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (736)
  61. Harvutinskoye field (700)
  62. Shurtan (634)
  63. North-Urengoy field (600)
  64. Jansz (570)
  65. Tabnak (562)
  66. leviathan (540)
  67. Sulige (534)
  68. Kangan (533)
  69. Avali (530)
  70. Samburg field (500)
  71. Sakhalin-II (500)
  72. Tangguh gas field (500)
  73. Kamennomysskoye field (500)
  74. Ledovoe field (500)
  75. Sakhalin-I (485)
  76. Gazli (477)
  77. Lemen Bank (460)
  78. Tasiyskoye field (440)
  79. Yamsoveiskoye gas field (436)
  80. Farsi (425)
  81. Ormen Lange (400)
  82. Aneryahinskoye field (400)
  83. Gubkinskoye field (400)
  84. Vuktyl (390)
  85. Minami Kanto gas field (375)
  86. Cisco Springs Oil Field (370)
  87. Katie field (362)
  88. Kettlemen Hills field (362)
  89. Kamrik (360)
  90. Kandkhot field (347)
  91. Nar (345)
  92. West-Khrestish field (335)
  93. Indefatigable field (333)
  94. Kopanoar (331)
  95. King Kristian (330)
  96. Safaniya-Khafji Field (327)
  97. Beregovoe field (324)
  98. Yubileynoye field (323)
  99. Hvalynskoye field (322)
  100. Tarkosalinskoye (322)
  101. Kisimbay field (310)
  102. North-Kamennomysskoye field (310)
  103. Aghar (307)
  104. Jonah Field (300)
  105. Ety-Purovskoye Field (300)
  106. Khangiran (300)
  107. Khateyba (300)
  108. Ahwaz Field (300)
  109. Baovang (300)
  110. Ferdowsi Gas Field (297)
  111. Komsomolsk gas field (296)
  112. Vyngapurovskoye field (290)
  113. Gomez gas field (283)
  114. Nahodkinskoe field (275)
  115. Pelyadkinskoe field (255)
  116. Lacq (250)
  117. Lyantorskoye field (250)
  118. West-Astrakhan field (250)
  119. Severo-Stavropolskoye field (229)
  120. Asgard field (226)
  121. Zawtica (225)
  122. Nurminskoye field (223)
  123. Zevardi (220)
  124. Ludlovskoye field (220)
  125. Geophisicheskoye field (210)
  126. Verhneviluchanskoye field (209)
  127. Minkhovskoye field (208)
  128. Novo Portovskoye field (200)
  129. Yen-Yahinskoye field (200)
  130. Frigg gas field (200)
  131. Hekla gas field (198)
  132. Shiyugou Dunxi (198)
  133. West-Siyakhinskoye field (190)
  134. North-Komsomolskoye field (186)
  135. Ekofisk oil field (185)
  136. Scott reef (180)
  137. Alan gas field (179)
  138. Sleipner gas field (174)
  139. Dengizkul-Khauzak (167)
  140. Amistad gas field (163)
  141. Sredne-Tyugskoye field (165)
  142. Peciko field (162)
  143. Deltana Platform (160)
  144. Soletsko-Khanaveyskoye field (155)
  145. Kandym (153)
  146. Kenai (152)
  147. Achak gas field (150)
  148. Albacora-Leste oil field (150)
  149. Kokdamulak (144)
  150. Drake Point (142)
  151. Tamar 1 (142)
  152. Mokane Lavern (140)
  153. Snøhvit (140)
  154. Layavozhskoye field (140)
  155. Arun gas field (125)
  156. Gydanskoye field (116)
  157. Tas-Yuryakhskoye field (112)
  158. Hancheiskoye (111)
  159. Efremovske field (110)
  160. Vyngayahinskoye field (107)
  161. Ras El Barr (106)
  162. Urtabulak gas field (103)
  163. Oseberg oil field (102)
  164. Myldzhinskoye field (100)
  165. Marlin (100)
  166. Messoyakha Gas Field (100)
  167. Kudu gas field (34 – 240)
  168. Barnett Shale (60 - 900)
  169. Sui Gas Field (50-60)

See also

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