List of countries by recoverable shale gas
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This is a list of countries by recoverable shale gas based on data collected by the Energy Information Administration agency of the United States Department of Energy.[1] Numbers for the estimated amount of recoverable shale gas resources are provided alongside numbers for proven natural gas reserves.
From the list, China has the most recoverable shale gas.
Table
* indicates "Natural resources in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
| Country | Region | Wet shale gas (trillion cubic feet) |
Tight oil (billion barrels) |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | – | 7,576.6 | 418.9 | – |
 China |
Asia | 1,115.2 | 32.2 | 2013 |
 Argentina |
South America | 801.5 | 27.0 | 2013 |
 Algeria |
North Africa | 706.9 | 5.7 | 2013 |
 United States |
North America | 622.5 | 78.2 | 2015 |
 Canada |
North America | 572.9 | 8.8 | 2013 |
 Mexico |
North America | 545.2 | 13.1 | 2013 |
 Australia |
Australia | 429.3 | 15.6 | 2013 |
 South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 389.7 | 0.0 | 2013 |
 Russia |
Eastern Europe | 284.5 | 74.6 | 2013 |
 Brazil |
South America | 244.9 | 5.3 | 2013 |
 United Arab Emirates |
Middle East | 205.3 | 22.6 | 2014 |
 Venezuela |
South America | 167.3 | 13.4 | 2013 |
 Poland |
Eastern Europe | 145.8 | 1.8 | 2013 |
 France |
Western Europe | 136.7 | 4.7 | 2013 |
 Ukraine |
Eastern Europe | 127.9 | 1.1 | 2013 |
 Libya |
North Africa | 121.6 | 26.1 | 2013 |
 Pakistan |
Asia | 105.2 | 9.1 | 2013 |
 Egypt |
North Africa | 100.0 | 4.6 | 2013 |
 India * |
Asia | 96.4 | 3.8 | 2013 |
 Paraguay |
South America | 75.3 | 3.7 | 2013 |
 Colombia |
South America | 54.7 | 6.8 | 2013 |
 Romania |
Eastern Europe | 50.7 | 0.3 | 2013 |
 Chile |
South America | 48.5 | 2.3 | 2014 |
 Oman |
Middle East | 48.3 | 6.2 | 2014 |
 Indonesia |
Asia | 46.4 | 7.9 | 2013 |
 Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 44.4 | 16.2 | 2013 |
 Bolivia |
South America | 36.4 | 0.6 | 2013 |
 Denmark |
Western Europe | 31.7 | 0.0 | 2013 |
 Kazakhstan |
Caspian | 27.5 | 10.6 | 2014 |
 Netherlands |
Western Europe | 25.9 | 2.9 | 2013 |
 United Kingdom |
Western Europe | 25.8 | 0.7 | 2013 |
 Turkey |
Eastern Europe | 23.6 | 4.7 | 2013 |
 Tunisia |
North Africa | 22.7 | 1.5 | 2013 |
 Germany |
Western Europe | 17.0 | 0.7 | 2013 |
 Bulgaria |
Eastern Europe | 16.6 | 0.2 | 2013 |
 Morocco |
North Africa | 11.9 | 0.0 | 2013 |
 Sweden |
Western Europe | 9.8 | 0.0 | 2013 |
| West Sahara | North Africa | 8.6 | 0.2 | 2013 |
 Spain |
Western Europe | 8.4 | 0.1 | 2013 |
 Jordan |
Middle East | 6.8 | 0.1 | 2013 |
 Thailand |
Asia | 5.4 | 0.0 | 2013 |
 Uruguay |
South America | 4.6 | 0.6 | 2013 |
 Mongolia |
Asia | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2013 |
 Lithuania |
Eastern Europe | 2.4 | 1.4 | 2013 |
 Mauritania |
North Africa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2013 |
 Norway |
Western Europe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2013 |