60  MINERALS IN THE WORLD ECONOMY—1991TABLE 47 
 
 
LEADING WORLD PRODUCERS OF MARKETED NATURAL GAS' 
 
(Billion cubic meters) 
Country 
1987 
1988 
1989 
1990 
1991" 
 
U.S.S.R. 
727 
 
471 
 
80 
 
74 
 
43 
 
44 
 
37 
 
34 
 
27 
 
16 
 
19 
 
' 13 
 
30 
 
' 30 
 
15 
 
29 
 
15 
 
16 
 
13 
 
' 12 
 
' 11 
 
7 
 
9 
 
' 6 
 
5 
 
' 1,783 
 
' 92 
 
' 1,875 
' 770 
 
484 
 
' 88 
 
66 
 
' 45 
 
42 
 
39 
 
35 
 
29 
 
20 
 
19 
 
' "13 
 
30 
 
' 29 
 
15 
 
27 
 
18 
 
17 
 
13 
 
' 13 
 
' 12 
 
8 
 
8 
 
' 7 
 
6 
 
' 1,853 
 
' 92 
 
' 1,945 
' 796 
 
490 
 
' 93 
 
' 72 
 
48 
 
41 
 
' 40 
 
30 
 
30 
 
22 
 
' 23 
 
' "14 
 
29 
 
' 30 
 
18 
 
25 
 
19 
 
17 
 
14 
 
' 13 
 
' 12 
 
9 
 
8 
 
' 7 
 
6 
 
' 1,906 
 
' 94 
 
' 2,000 
' 815 
 
503 
 
99 
 
72 
 
' 49 
 
50 
 
' 43 
 
34 
 
31 
 
24 
 
' 24 
 
' 16 
 
25 
 
' 21 
 
21 
 
23 
 
18 
 
17 
 
14 
 
' 13 
 
' 112 
 
9 
 
9 
 
' "7 
 
7 
 
' 1,956 
 
' 88 
 
' 2,044 
2810 
 
506 
 
' 105 
 
73 
 
56 
 
55 
 
46 
 
234 
 
232 
 
225 
 
225 
 
' 25 
 
24 
 
223 
 
' 22 
 
220 
 
' 18 
 
18 
 
16 
 
' 13 
 
13 
 
9 
 
' 8 
 
8 
 
28 
 
1 ,992 
 
82 
 
2,074 
784 
 
491 
 
93 
 
71 
 
48 
 
46 
 
41 
33 
 
30 
 
21 
 
22 
 
16 
 
28 
 
27 
 
18 
 
25 
 
18 
 
17 
 
14 
 
13 
 
12 
 
8 
 
8 
 
7 
 
6 
 
1,898 
 
89 
 
1,987 
United States 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Canada 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netherlands 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United Kingdom 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Indonesia 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Saudi Arabia 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Iran 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United Arab Emirates 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Venezuela 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Norway 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Romania 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Australia 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Germany 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Argentina 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Italy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Malaysia 
 
 
 
 
 
 
China 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pakistan" 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brunei 
 
 
 
 
 
 
India 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thailand 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand total 
 
 
 
 
 
 
¶Estimated. ' Revised. 
' This is not gross production. Marketed production is defend as gross production
less tiasse amounts: flared, vented to tha atmosphare without flaring, used
expansively to drive tarbines soul tIre flared or vented, and/or reinjected
to reservoirs to maintain pressure. Table includes data available through
Mar. 1, 1993. 
~ figure.