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World Conventional Gas Resources, by Basin,
in Trillions (1012) of Cubic Feet

Gas Resource Tables of other Regions:
Africa | Asia/Oceania | Australia/New Zeland | Europe | Former Soviet Union
Middle East | North America | Central America | South America | Contents

as of 1/1/93

Annual Production   Cumulative Production   Identified Reserves  Undiscovered Resources  Futures  
95%   Mode  5%   Mean 
Africa (Total)  2.8  31.1  401.7  186.8  313.8  756.2  411.4 
Morocco-Spanish Sahara 
5001 Aaiun (S.S.) Ng  0.01
5002 Tarfaya Ng  0.01
5003 Essaouira Ng  0.01
5004 Rharb Ng  0.01
5005 Tindouf (60%) See also Algeria 0.8 1.5 4.5 2.3 1.5
Mali, Mauritania 
5006 Taoudeni 0.01 0.02 0.07 0.03 0.02
Algeria  2  20.9  176.5  9.4  16.7  49.2  24.4 
No. Algeria
(5005) Tindouf (40%) Ng
5007 Atlas Fold ***  0.01
5008 Bechar ***  Ng 0.01
5009 Reggane ***  0.01
5101 Mouydir Ng 0.01
5010 Erg Occidental ***  Min 5 9 25 14.4 9
5012 Ahnet ***  9
5011 Triassic Basin ***  183.5
5013 Illizi ***  2 20.9 176.5 4 7 19 10 183.5
5100 Ghadames (ErgOriental) 183.5
Tunisia  Min  0.2  3.1  6.5  11.5  33.6  16.7 
5014 Pelagian 0.06 6 6.5 11.5 33.6 16.7 17.5
Libya  0.2  5.1  45.9  8.9  16  48.9  23.9 
5015 Hamada 0.6 29.5 Ng  29.5
5016 Sirte 3.4 19 8.9 16 48.9 23.9 35
5017 Cyrenaica Ng  0.01
5018 Murzuk Ng  0.01
5019 Kufra Ng  0.01
Egypt  0.3  2.8  19.3  9.8  17.3  49.5  24.9 
5020 W. Desert 0.68 6.74 1.5 3 10 4 9.74
5021 Nile Delta 1.6 4.5 6.5 12.5 36 15.5 17
5022 Nile Ng  0.01
5023 Gulf of Suez 0.4 5.7 1.2 2.2 3.3 5.4 7.9
5024 Sinai Ng  0.01
N.W. Africa 
5025 Senegal Ng  0.01
5026 Dove Ng  0.01
5027 Sierra Leone Ng  0.01
5028 Liberian Ng  0.01
5029 Ivory Coast NA  0
5030 Dahomey NA  0
5031 Volta NA  0
Mali, Niger 
5032 Iullemmeden Ng  0.01
Chad (Total)  Min  Min  0.1  1.1  2  6  3 
5033 Chad B. 0 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.5
5034 Chjari Ng  0.01
5035 Doba 0 0 0.4 0.8 2.4 1.2 0.8
5036 Doseo 0 0 0.4 0.8 2.4 1.2 0.8
Sudan (Total)  Min  Min  0.9  15.7  26.3  62.1  34.1 
5037 Upr. Nile 0 0 11.2 18 40 21.8 18
5038 Red Sea
(Total - Not included in Country totals)		 4.5 8.3 20 12.3 8.3
Egypt 22%
Sudan 20%
Ethiopia 13%
Saudi Arabia 40%
Yemen 5%
Ethiopia 
5039 Ogaden Ng  0.01
Somalia (Total)  Min  Min  2.1  7.2  12.9  40.3  19.5 
5040 Barbera-Hafun Ng  0.01
5041 Somalia B. 7 12 38 18 12
5042 Lamu (Total) 0.5 1 3 1.5 1
Somalia 50%
Kenya 50%
Nigeria (Total)  Min  1.7  121.9  76.8  130.5  326.3  174.4 
5043 Benue Trough Ng  0.01
5044 Niger Delta (Total) 6.1 72 78 150 350 185 222
Nigeria (92%) 76.8 130.5 326.3 174.4
Cameroon (8%) 5 9 20 11
Cameroon 
5045 Douala B. 0 1.96 6 11 25 13.4 13
(5044) Niger Delta 8% 5 9 20 11
Gabon (Total)  0.1  0.7  0.6  1  2  1.2 
5046 Gabon B. 0.5 1 2.5 1.2 1
(5047) Congo B. 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.3
Congo  2.7  1.5  2.5  5.8  3.2 
5047 Congo B. 0.8 5.2 1 1.9 4.6 2.4 7.1
Gabon (12%) 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.3
Congo (24%) 0.3 0.5 1 0.6
Zaire (7%) 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2
Angola (57%) 0.6 1 2.3 1.3
(5055)Zaire B. (20%) 1 2 4.2 2.4
Angola  0.2  5.8  2.1  3.6  8.9  4.8 
(5047) Congo B. (57%) 0.6 1 2.3 1.3
5048 Cuanza B. 0.05 0.79 0.3 0.6 1.5 0.8 1.4
5049 Okawanga B. (Total) 1.6 3 7.4 4 3
Angola (80%) 1.3 2.5 5.2 3
Namibia (Etosha) (10%) 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.4
Zambia (Barotse) (10%) 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.4
5050 Mocamedes Ng  0.01
Namibia 
(5049) Etosha (10%) 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.4
5051 Orange R. Delta (Total) 5 3.6 7 14 8.2 12
Namibia (75%) 2.7 5 10 5.9
So. Africa (25%) 0.9 2 4 2.3
So. Africa (Total)  3.8  7.8  15.2  8.7 
(5049) Orange R. Delta 0.9 2 4 2.3
5052 Agulhas 0 2.67 2 4 8 4.6 6.7
5053 Karoo B. 0 0.2 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.4
5054 Kalahari B. (a Karoo basin type) 0.5 1 2.7 1.2 1
Botswana (85%) 0.45 0.9 2 1
Namibia (15%) 0.1 0.15 0.4 0.2
Zaire 
5055 Zaire B. (Total) 6 11 20 11.9 11
Zaire (80%) 4 8 17.5 9.5
Congo (20%) 1 2 4.2 2.4
Karoo Rift Basins (Total) (Excluding 5053, 5054) 7 14 32 17.1 14
Tanzania
Ruvu Rift Ng 
Kenya
Tanga Rift Ng 
Zambia
Luangwa Ng 
Luana Ng 
Lukasashi Ng 
Kafue Ng 
Zimbabwe
Kariba Ng 
5057
5058 E. African Rifts (Total) 1 2 4.8 2.6 2
Western Trend (Mobutan-Urema)
Zaire (27%) 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.7
Uganda (12%) 0.3
Rwanda (2%) 0.05
Burundi (2%) 0.05
Tanzania (32%) 0.3 0.6 1.5 0.8
Malawi (20%) 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.05
Mozambique (5%) 0.1
Mozabique 
5059 Limpopo 0 0 2 2 4 8.4 4.8 6
Tanzania 
5060 Tanzania B. Ng  0.01
Madagascar 
5061 Morondava ***  2 3.8 7.1 4.3 3.8
5062 Majunga ***  3.8
5063 Tamatavi NA  0
5064 Malagasy Plat 2 3.8 7.1 4.3 3.8
Seychelles 
5065 Seychelles B. Ng  0.01
5066-5099
5102-6000
***  Basins joined for assessment presentation
( )  Indicates basin also listed under another country - no further calculations
Ng  Negligible
NA  Not assessed
Numbers with no following data are unused (e.g. 1009-12) 

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