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Distribution of natural gas reserves - 1987/1997/2007
These pie charts shows the % distribution of world natural gas reserves according to geographic region for the years 1987, 1997 and 2007.

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Distribution of natural gas reserves - 1987/1997/2007
	Units	1987	1997	2007
Gas: Proved reserves [15] - Trillion cubic metres (from 1980)	% of total (Tcm)
Total North America - Proved gas reserves	% of total (Tcm)	9.5	5.7	4.5
Total S. & Cent America - Proved gas reserves	% of total (Tcm)	4.4	4.2	4.4
Total Europe & Eurasia - Proved gas reserves	% of total (Tcm)	42.2	41.7	33.5
Total Middle East - Proved gas reserves	% of total (Tcm)	29.2	33.8	41.3
Total Africa - Proved gas reserves	% of total (Tcm)	6.9	7.3	8.2
Total Asia Pacific - Proved gas reserves	% of total (Tcm)	7.9	7.3	8.2

(1) Proved reserves are generally taken to be those quantities that geological and engineering information indicates with reasonable certainty can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs/deposits under existing economic and operating conditions.
(14) Source of data: The estimates in this table have been compiled using a combination of primary official sources, third-party data from Cedigaz.
(15) Trillion equals one million million (1012). 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas = 26 million tonnes of oil (approximately).

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