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

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as of 1/1/93

  Annual Production Cumulative Production Identified Reserves Undiscovered Resources Futures
95% Mode 5% Mean
Western Europe 7.8 159.8 290.1 125.5 205.8 462.2 260.5  
                 
U.K. 2 31.8 72.5 9.4 16 40 21.4  
4001 Rockhall Trough         0     0
4002 Porcupine Bight         0     0
4003 West Shetland   0 1.2   0     1.2
(4004) Central No. Sea - U.K. See also Norway   5.3 65.5 2.5 4.5 11 6  
4005 irish Sea       0.3 0.5 1.5 0.8 0.5
4006 Celtic Sea         Ng     0.01
4007 English Channel         Ng     0.01
4008 So. North Sea (Total)   81.5 83.5 9 16 47 24.4 99.5
- U.K. (33%)   24.8 22.4 5.1 10 29 14.6  
- Netherlands (67%)   56.7 61.1 3.7 6.6 20 9.8  
                 
Norway   13.9 106.7 75.1 106.2 169.8 116.5  
4004 Central No. Sea (Total)   23.5 119.9 19 35 70 40 154.9
Norway (75%)   16.7 77.8 16 30 60 33  
United Kingdom (25%)   5.3 35.5 2.5 4.5 11 6  
4009 Barents - Norwegian       25 50 100 56 50
4010 Voring       12 20 40 22 20
4011 Helgeland   0 14 3 5 10 6 19
4012 Harstad         Ng     0.01
4013 Tromso     9   Ng     9
4014 Hammerfest         Ng     0.01
4015 Norwegian - Danish (No. Sea)   14.4 15.1   Ng     15.1
                 
France                
4016 Paris         NA     0
4017 Aquitaine         Ng     0.01
                 
Germany                
(4015) Norwegian - Danish         NA      
4018 Molasse         NA     0
Switzerland, Germany, Austria                
4019 Rhine Graben         NA     0
                 
Eastern Europe 1.1 45.2 26.8 27.1 29.2 74.2 39.4  
4020 Baltic B.         Ng     0.01
                 
Poland                
4021 Po9lish-Warsaw Trough   7.3 2.86 3 5 12 7 7.86
                 
Austria                
4022 Vienna B.   0.09 0.28   Ng     0.28
                 
Hungary       1 2 5 2.7  
4023 Pannonian (Total)   8.1 7.4 1 2 5 2.7 9.4
Hungary (75%)                
"Yugoslavia" (25%)                
                 
Yugoslavia         NA      
                 
Romania 0.8 32.8 16.5 6.8 11.8 32.4 16.6  
4024 Transylvania   8.1 3 3.4 5.4 15 8 8.4
4025 Carpathian   24.7 13.5 3.4 6.4 17.4 8.6 19.9
                 
Bulgaria         Ng      
4026 Moesian Platform         Ng     0.01
                 
Greece                
4027 Thrace               0
4028 Kavala               0
4029 Salonika               0
                 
Italy (Total) 0.6 16.2 13.2 10 16.2 56.4 27.4  
4030 Adriatic)   7.9 15.3 10 16.2 56.4 27.4 31.5
4031 Po***               31.5
                 
Spain         NA      
4032 Ebro         Ng     0.01
4033 La Mancha         NA     0
4034 Guadalquivir         NA     0
4035 Lusitania         NA     0
4036 Galicia         NA     0
4037 W. Mediterranean (Total)       5 10 40 18 10
Alboran/So. Balearic/Algerian       2.5 5 15 7  
Ligurian Provencal       2.5 5 20 9  
Corsica/Sardinia       0.3 0.5 1.5 0.7  
Tyrhennian Sea       Ng Ng 3 1.3  
4038 E. Mediterranean (Total)       90 204 565 274 204
Hellenic Trench***                
Mediterranean Ridge***       25 50 150 8  
Herodotus B.***                
Nile Cone/Levant Platform       50 100 250 130  
Hellenic Arc-Aegean Basin       Ng Ng Ng Ng  
Cyprus B. & Arc       20 50 100 62  
4039 C. Mediterranean (Total)       25 50 150 72 50
Ionian Sea/Sirte Rise       25 50 150 72  
Mediterranean Area (Total)       110 264 755 364  
N.B. No econ. Or tech. Limits for Med. Asses
4040-5000                
***  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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