Table 11.11  World Dry Natural Gas Production, 1998-2007                           (Trillion Cubic Feet)
Region and Country	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007 P
North America	26.27	26.38	26.97	27.51	26.89	26.95	26.54	26.13	26.79	27.40
Canada	5.98	6.27	6.47	6.60	6.63	6.45	6.48	6.56	6.55	6.34
Mexico	1.27	1.29	1.31	1.30	1.33	1.40	1.46	1.52	R 1.74	1.98
United States	19.02	18.83	19.18	19.62	18.93	19.10	18.59	18.05	R 18.50	19.09
Central and South America	3.12	3.15	3.43	3.65	3.67	4.07	4.54	4.86	5.06	5.19
Argentina	1.04	1.22	1.32	1.31	1.28	1.45	1.58	1.61	1.63	1.58
Venezuela	1.11	.95	.96	1.12	1.00	.86	.96	1.01	R .92	.94
Other	.96	.98	1.15	1.22	1.39	1.76	2.00	2.24	2.51	2.67
Europe 1	10.49	10.72	10.98	11.10	11.41	11.48	11.89	11.42	R 11.10	10.79
Germany	.77	.82	.78	.79	.79	.78	.73	.70	.69	.63
Italy	.67	.62	.59	.54	.52	.49	.46	.43	.39	.34
Netherlands	2.84	2.65	2.56	2.75	2.68	2.57	3.04	2.78	2.73	2.70
Norway	1.63	1.76	1.87	1.95	2.41	2.70	2.95	3.07	R 3.09	3.27
Romania	.52	.50	.48	.51	.47	.43	.42	.41	R .45	.43
United Kingdom	3.14	3.49	3.83	3.69	3.66	3.63	3.39	3.10	R 2.82	2.55
Other	.92	.88	.88	.89	.88	.86	.92	.92	R .93	.86
Eurasia 2	24.31	24.59	25.43	25.65	26.26	27.25	28.16	28.79	29.46	29.83
Russia	20.87	20.83	20.63	20.51	21.03	21.77	22.39	22.62	23.17	23.06
Turkmenistan	.47	.79	1.64	1.70	1.89	2.09	2.07	2.22	2.23	2.43
Ukraine	.64	.63	.64	.64	.65	.69	.68	.69	.69	.69
Uzbekistan	1.94	1.96	1.99	2.23	2.04	2.03	2.11	2.11	2.22	2.30
Other	.40	.39	.53	.57	.65	.68	.91	1.15	1.16	1.34
Middle East	6.60	6.93	7.57	7.98	8.71	9.18	9.95	11.21	11.95	12.50
Iran	1.77	2.04	2.13	2.33	2.65	2.86	2.96	3.56	R 3.84	3.95
Qatar	.69	.78	1.03	.95	1.04	1.11	1.38	1.62	R 1.79	2.11
Saudi Arabia	1.65	1.63	1.76	1.90	2.00	2.12	2.32	2.52	2.59	2.63
United Arab Emirates	1.31	1.34	1.36	1.39	1.53	1.58	1.63	1.66	R 1.72	1.78
Other	1.18	1.14	1.30	1.41	1.48	1.51	1.65	1.85	2.01	2.02
Africa	3.70	4.02	4.44	4.63	4.68	5.11	5.29	6.11	6.53	6.77
Algeria	2.60	2.88	2.94	2.79	2.80	2.85	2.83	3.11	R 3.08	2.99
Egypt	.49	.52	.65	.87	.88	1.06	1.15	1.50	R 1.60	1.64
Other	.61	.62	.85	.97	1.00	1.20	1.31	1.50	1.86	2.13
Asia and Oceania 1	8.70	9.29	R 9.58	R 9.60	R 10.29	R 10.89	R 11.23	R 12.12	R 13.08	13.49
Australia	1.10	1.12	1.16	1.19	1.23	1.27	1.31	1.44	1.51	1.54
China	.82	.89	.96	1.07	1.15	1.21	1.44	1.76	2.07	2.45
India	.76	.75	.79	.85	.93	.96	1.00	1.06	R 1.09	1.11
Indonesia	2.27	2.51	R 2.24	R 1.89	R 2.06	R 2.19	R 2.03	R 2.00	R 2.20	2.07
Malaysia	1.37	1.42	R 1.60	R 1.69	1.71	R 1.84	R 1.90	R 1.97	R 1.97	1.96
Pakistan	.71	.78	.86	.77	.81	.89	.97	1.09	R 1.28	1.29
Other	1.68	1.82	1.97	2.14	2.40	2.52	2.59	2.81	R 2.97	3.08
World	83.19	85.08	R 88.40	R 90.13	R 91.90	R 94.93	R 97.59	R 100.64	R 103.97	105.97
1Excludes countries that were part of the former U.S.S.R.  See "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)" in Glossary.  Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. 2Includes only countries that were part of the former U.S.S.R.  See "Eurasia" and "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)" in Glossary.  Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/international. R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.   Sources:  United States:  Table 6.1.  All Other Data:  Energy Information Administration, International Energy Database, May 28, 2009.