Countries where natural gas fields are located 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).
25 largest conventional non-associated gas fields
No.
Field name
Country
Recoverable reserves[1]
10^9 BOE
Depletion
(as of 2021)
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:
Gasfields are non-associated gas and condensate fields.
Size refers to ultimate recoverable reserves (including past production) expressed in trillion cubic feet.
Algeria Australia Azerbaijan Bahrain Awali (20×10 ^ 12 cu ft (570 km3 ))Bolivia (~1.5×1012 m³)Brazil Burma Zawtica (8.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (240 km3 ))
Shwe Gas (located in Rakhine state) Canada China Canxue gas field
Chunxiao gas field (0.17×10 ^ 12 cu ft (4.8 km3 ))
Duanqiao gas field
Karamay (1.1×10 ^ 12 cu ft (31 km3 ))
Shiyugou Dunxi (7.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (210 km3 ))
Sulige (20×10 ^ 12 cu ft (570 km3 ))
Tianwaitian gas field Cyprus Aphrodite gas field (5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (140 km3 ))
Calypso gas field (8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (230 km3 ))
Glaucos 1 gas field (5×10 ^ 12 –8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (140–230 km3 ))
Onisiforos gas field (0.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (14 km3 ))
Cronos 1 gas field (2.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (71 km3 ))
Zeus 1 gas field (2.0×10 ^ 12 cu ft (57 km3 )) Ecuador Amistad gas field (9.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (280 km3 )) Egypt New finding in the Nile Delta Basin of 223×10 ^ 12 cu ft (6,300 km3 ))
Wakar (1.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (42 km3 ))
Temsah (1.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (42 km3 ))
Ras El Barr (4×10 ^ 12 cu ft (110 km3 ))
Halawa (1×10 ^ 12 cu ft (28 km3 ))
Kafr Al Shaikh (2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (57 km3 ))
Zohr (30×10 ^ 12 cu ft (850 km3 ))Ethiopia France Lacq (9×10 ^ 12 cu ft (250 km3 ))Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Malossa field
San Salvo field
San Giorgio field
Angeli field
Cassiopea gas field[11] Japan Kazakhstan Lebanon Chekka [12]
Levant Basin Province (estimated total of this entire region 122×10 ^ 12 cu ft (3,500 km3 )) within the territorial waters of Lebanon, Turkey, the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Israel, Syria, and Cyprus[13]
North Levant Basin[14] Libya Khateyba (11×10 ^ 12 cu ft (310 km3 )) Mauritania Mexico Mozambique Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria North Sea Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea (Norwegian part of the Barents Sea only)Pakistan (~1012 m³)Palestine (Gaza ) Peru Qatar Romania (~600×109 m³)Russia Urengoy gas field (385×10 ^ 12 cu ft (10,900 km3 ))
Yamburg gas field (198×10 ^ 12 cu ft (5,600 km3 ))
Bovanenkovskoe field (166×10 ^ 12 cu ft (4,700 km3 ))
Leningradskoye field (151×10 ^ 12 cu ft (4,300 km3 ))
Rusanovskoye field (151×10 ^ 12 cu ft (4,300 km3 ))
Zapolyarnoye gas field (132×10 ^ 12 cu ft (3,700 km3 ))
Shtokman field (113×10 ^ 12 cu ft (3,200 km3 ))
Arctic field (104×10 ^ 12 cu ft (2,900 km3 ))
Astrakhanskoye field (102×10 ^ 12 cu ft (2,900 km3 ))
West Kamchatka shelf (868×10 ^ 12 cu ft (24,600 km3 ))
Medvezhye field (83×10 ^ 12 cu ft (2,400 km3 ))
Yurubchen (73.7×10 ^ 12 cu ft (2,090 km3 ))
Kharasoveiskoye field (62.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,770 km3 ))
Orenburgskoe field (62.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,770 km3 ))
Kovykta field (62.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,770 km3 ))
Kyrtael field (60×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,700 km3 ))
Sakhalin-III (49×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,400 km3 ))
Chayandinskoye field (46.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,330 km3 ))
Angaro-Lenskoye field (46×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,300 km3 ))
Central-Astrakhan field (45×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,300 km3 ))
Yuzhno-Russkoye field (35×10 ^ 12 cu ft (990 km3 ))
South-Tambey field (35×10 ^ 12 cu ft (990 km3 ))
Krusenstern field (34×10 ^ 12 cu ft (960 km3 ))
North-Tambey field (35×10 ^ 12 cu ft (990 km3 ))
Kharampurskoye field (32×10 ^ 12 cu ft (910 km3 ))
Pestsovoe field (30×10 ^ 12 cu ft (850 km3 ))
Utrenneye field (28×10 ^ 12 cu ft (790 km3 ))
Malyginskoye field (28×10 ^ 12 cu ft (790 km3 ))
Yurkharovskoye field (26×10 ^ 12 cu ft (740 km3 ))
Harvutinskoye field (26×10 ^ 12 cu ft (740 km3 ))
North-Urengoy field (21×10 ^ 12 cu ft (590 km3 ))
Ledovoe field (19×10 ^ 12 cu ft (540 km3 ))
Samburg field (19×10 ^ 12 cu ft (540 km3 ))
Sakhalin-II (18.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (530 km3 ))
Kamennomysskoye field (19×10 ^ 12 cu ft (540 km3 ))
Sakhalin-I (17.1×10 ^ 12 cu ft (480 km3 ))
Tasiyskoye field (16.6×10 ^ 12 cu ft (470 km3 ))
Yamsoveiskoye gas field (15×10 ^ 12 cu ft (420 km3 ))
East-Tarkosalinskoye field (15×10 ^ 12 cu ft (420 km3 ))
Aneryahinskoye field (15×10 ^ 12 cu ft (420 km3 ))
Gubkinskoye field (15×10 ^ 12 cu ft (420 km3 ))
Vuktyl (14.7×10 ^ 12 cu ft (420 km3 ))
Beregovoye field (12.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (350 km3 ))
Yubileynoye field (12.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (350 km3 ))
Hvalynskoye field (12.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (350 km3 ))
Tarkosalinskoye (12.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (350 km3 ))
North-Kamennomysskoye field (12×10 ^ 12 cu ft (340 km3 ))
Ety-Purovskoye Field (11×10 ^ 12 cu ft (310 km3 ))
Vyngapurovskoye field (11×10 ^ 12 cu ft (310 km3 ))
Nahodkinskoe field (10×10 ^ 12 cu ft (280 km3 ))
Pelyadkinskoe field (9.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (270 km3 ))
Lyantorskoye field (9.4×10 ^ 12 cu ft (270 km3 ))
West-Astrakhan field (9.4×10 ^ 12 cu ft (270 km3 ))
Severo-Stavropolskoye field (8.6×10 ^ 12 cu ft (240 km3 ))
Nurminskoye field (8.4×10 ^ 12 cu ft (240 km3 ))
Ludlovskoye field (8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (230 km3 ))
Geophisicheskoye field (7.9×10 ^ 12 cu ft (220 km3 ))
Verhneviluchanskoye field (7.9×10 ^ 12 cu ft (220 km3 ))
Minkhovskoye field (7.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (220 km3 ))
Novo Portovskoye field (7.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (210 km3 ))
Yen-Yahinskoye field (7.5×10 ^ 12 cu ft (210 km3 ))
West-Siyakhinskoye field (7.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (200 km3 ))
North-Komsomolskoye field (7.1×10 ^ 12 cu ft (200 km3 ))
Sredne-Tyugskoye field (6.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (180 km3 ))
Soletsko-Khanaveyskoye field (5.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (160 km3 ))
Layavozhskoye field (5.3×10 ^ 12 cu ft (150 km3 ))
Gydanskoye field (4.4×10 ^ 12 cu ft (120 km3 ))
Tas-Yuryakhskoye field (4.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (120 km3 ))
Hancheiskoye field (4.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (120 km3 ))
Verhnetiuteyskoye field (4.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (120 km3 ))
Vyngayahinskoye field (4.0×10 ^ 12 cu ft (110 km3 ))
Myldzhinskoye field (3.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (110 km3 ))
Messoyakha Gas Field (3.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (110 km3 ))Saudi Arabia Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone Dorra (35×10 ^ 12 cu ft (990 km3 ))Saudi-Kuwaiti neutral zone Safaniya-Khafji Field (12.3×10 ^ 12 cu ft (350 km3 )) South Korea Syria Levant Basin province (estimated total of this entire region 122×10 ^ 12 cu ft (3,500 km3 )) within the territorial waters of Syria, the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Israel, Lebanon, and Cyprus[13]
The Leviathan gas field located off the coast of Israel and Palestine (Gaza ), and possibly Lebanon[19] Taiwan Tajikistan Komsomolsk gas field (11.2×10 ^ 12 cu ft (320 km3 )) Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Efremovske field (4×10 ^ 12 cu ft (110 km3 ))
Shebeli field (25×10 ^ 12 cu ft (710 km3 ))
West-Khrestish field (13×10 ^ 12 cu ft (370 km3 )) United Arab Emirates Rub Al Khali Province (426×10 ^ 12 cu ft (12,100 km3 )) part of Rub Al Khali province is in the territory of the United Arab Emirates[25] [26] United States Uzbekistan Shurtan (24×10 ^ 12 cu ft (680 km3 ))
Gazli (18×10 ^ 12 cu ft (510 km3 ))
Zevardi (8.3×10 ^ 12 cu ft (240 km3 ))
Alan gas field (68×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,900 km3 ))
Dengizkul-Khauzak (KKSK project ) (6.3×10 ^ 12 cu ft (180 km3 ))
Kandym (KKSK project ) (5.8×10 ^ 12 cu ft (160 km3 ))
Kokdamulak (5.4×10 ^ 12 cu ft (150 km3 ))
Urtabulak gas field (3.9×10 ^ 12 cu ft (110 km3 ))
Urga/Kuanysh/Akchalak (44×10 ^ 12 cu ft (1,200 km3 )) Venezuela Vietnam Baovang (11×10 ^ 12 cu ft (310 km3 ))