List of natural gas fields

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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 are comprised of many fields (e.g. Sakhalin has three fields: Chayvo, Odoptu, and Arkutun-Dagi).

Amounts in parentheses are estimated reserves in trillion ft³ (TCF) and 10⁹ m³.

• Azerbaijan
  • Shah Deniz gas field (22 TCF)
• Bolivia (second gas field in South America after Venezuela)
  • Margarita (gas field)
  • Sabalo (gas field)
  • San Alberto
• Canada
  • Sable Offshore Energy Project
• Indonesia
  • Tangguh gas field (14 TCF, 500 10⁹m³)
• Iran
  • Asalouyeh, South Pars Gas Field [1] (estimated between 280 and 500 TCF)
• Netherlands
  • Slochteren (66 TCF, 1500 10⁹ m³)
• New Zealand
  • Maui gas field (unknown)
• Australia
  • Bass Strait
  • Greater Gorgon (40 TCF, 1100 10⁹ m³)
• North Sea
  • Norway
    • Ormen Lange (11.1 TCF, 397 10⁹m³)
    • Troll
• Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea
  • Norway
    • Snøhvit (3.9 TCF, 140 10⁹m³)
    • Troll (1325 10⁹m³)
• Russia
  • Sakhalin-I (17.1 TCF, 484 10⁹m³)
  • Shtokman field (113 TCF, 3,000 10⁹m³)
  • Urengoy gas field (280 TCF, 7,500 10⁹m³)
  • Yamburg gas field (118 TCF; 3,200 10⁹m³)
  • Zapolyarnoye gas field (78 TCF; 2,100 10⁹m³)
  • Yuzhno-Russkoye field
• United States
  • Barnett Shale (2.1 TCF prove, estimated as high as 30 TCF)
  • Jonah Field (10.5 TCF, 297 10⁹m³)

Sorted on size (*10⁹ m³);

1. Asalouyeh, South Pars Gas Field (10000 - 15000)
2. Urengoy gas field (10000)
3. Shtokman field (3200)
4. Karachaganak field, Kazakhstan (1800)
5. Slochteren (1500)
6. Troll (1325)
7. Greater Gorgon (1100)
8. Shah Deniz gas field (800)
9. Tangguh gas field (500)
10. Sakhalin-I (485)
11. Ormen Lange (400)
12. Jonah Field (300)
13. Snøhvit (140)
14. Barnett Shale (60 - 900)
15. Maui gas field (?)

See also: oil fields