This list of natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present.
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).
No. | Field name | Country | Recoverable reserves [1] | 10^9 BOE | Depletion (as of 2021) | |
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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:
New finding in the Nile Delta Basin of 223×10 12 cu ft (6,300 km3))
Sorted by size (*109 m³):
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