Algeria Although not many people have heard of this country, it is the largest country in Africa, including the entire Mediterranean and the Middle East, and the fourth largest country in Africa. It belongs to the Middle East and has a large land area, so you can even know that the country's main source of economy is the sale of oil and gas. According to statistics, Algeria's proven oil reserves are about 1.7 billion tons, accounting for 1% of the world's total reserves and ranking 15th in the world. It is mainly Saharan light oil, which is of high oil quality. The proven recoverable reserves of natural gas are 4.58 trillion cubic meters, accounting for 2.37 percent of the world's total reserves and ranking 10th in the world. In terms of natural gas production, Algeria ranked tenth last year at 100.8 billion cubic meters, the third largest natural gas supplier in Europe after Russia and Norway. In fact, if the time is pulled back to previous years, Algeria will once be the world's second largest exporter of natural gas. 9. Norway Like most European countries, Norway's land area is not large, but it is the most resource-rich country in Europe except Russia. Coal, hydropower, offshore oil, natural gas, etc. are envied and hated by its neighbors. Natural gas, in particular, produced 114.3 billion cubic meters in 2021, but its own consumption accounted for only 0.1% of the world. As a result, Norway has a large amount of natural gas exports. Last year's natural gas exports accounted for more than 60% of the country's total merchandise exports and became the second largest natural gas supplier in Europe. However, in the second and third quarter of 2022, when natural gas prices were the most popular, Norway suffered frequent strikes by workers and lost a lot. 8. Saudi Arabia The most impressive thing about this local tycoon country in the Middle East must be the treasures they have hidden underground. Saudi Arabia's proven crude oil reserves are 36.35 billion tons, accounting for 16% of the world's reserves, ranking second in the world, and natural gas reserves are 9.23 trillion cubic meters, ranking sixth in the world. Interestingly, although Saudi Arabia's total natural gas production reached 117.3 billion cubic meters last year, their import and export of natural gas is still zero. However, with the influx of European orders and the continuous discovery of new gas fields, Saudi Aramco has begun to increase the extraction of natural gas. According to the country, it will start exporting natural gas in 2030 and export in large quantities, when the country will become the third largest natural gas exporter in the world. 7. Australia As a country that monopolizes a continent, Australia lacks resources the most. However, compared with other mineral resources, Australia's energy resources do not prevail, especially in natural gas. The current proven reserves are only 1.36 trillion cubic meters. Even so, Australia is never stingy about the exploitation of natural gas. The country's natural gas production reached 147.2 billion cubic meters in 2021. At this rate, the proven reserves were hollowed out in less than a decade. That's why Australia has gradually reduced its natural gas exports. Last year, the country's natural gas consumption was only 40 billion cubic meters, but its exports were less than 10 billion cubic meters, and the rest are hidden. 6. Canada Like Australia, the land is vast and sparsely populated. The difference is that Canada has much more oil and gas resources than Australia. Canada's proven crude oil reserves are 167.7 billion barrels, ranking third in the world, after Venezuela and Saudi Arabia; the proven natural gas reserves are about 2.1 trillion cubic meters, 1.55 times that of Australia. In 2021, Canada's natural gas production was 172.3 billion cubic meters, most of which were exported. 5. Qatar It is also a local tycoon with no shortage of minerals. Qatar's oil is much worse than Saudi Arabia. It has proven oil reserves of 2.5 billion tons, ranking 13th in the world. However, natural gas has completely crushed Saudi Arabia - Qatar's natural gas reserves of 24.7 trillion cubic meters, ranking third in the world. That's why European countries flew to Qatar when Russia was "gas cut off" and natural gas was seriously scarce, and a large number of orders were placed. Qatar's natural gas exports are expected to increase significantly in the future. Qatar's natural gas production in 2021 was 177 billion cubic meters. 4. China China is vast and has a lot of natural gas reserves. Especially in recent years, after the discovery of some large new gas fields similar to Fuling shale gas fields, the output of natural gas has increased significantly. By 2021, China's natural gas production has reached 209.2 billion cubic meters. However, due to the popularity of natural gas in recent years, demand has risen sharply - by 2021, the consumption has reached 3787 billion cubic meters (an increase of 13% year-on-year), China is still one of the world's largest natural gas importers, with Russia's main source of imports. 3. Iran Iran may be one of the countries with the least matching resource ownership and economic income in the Middle East. The country has proven oil reserves of 158 billion barrels, ranking fourth in the world: natural gas has proven reserves of 41 trillion cubic meters, ranking second in the world. The United States has made "excessible contributions" to this situation. However, in recent years, Iran has gradually made breakthroughs, especially in the production and export of natural gas. In 2021, Iran's natural gas production was 256.7 billion cubic meters, and due to excessive demand for orders, they have announced an additional 130 million cubic meters per day in 2022. 2. Russia From coal to oil to natural gas, the world's energy demand is constantly escalating, but it has never escaped from Russia's palms. After all, the largest country has the highest energy reserves. Eurostat has released data showing that in 2021, the whole European region was more dependent on Gazprom more than 49%, that is to say, 49% of Europe's energy imports came from Russia. Although the European Union and Russia have torn their faces now, it seems unbearable to completely cut off the connection. After all, Russia's proven natural gas reserves exceed 48 trillion cubic meters, accounting for about one-third of the world's proven reserves. In 2021, the total production of Russian natural gas was 701.7 billion cubic meters, accounting for 17% of the global total production. 1. United States The United States will replace Russia in the first place, which will be somewhat unexpected. After all, in terms of reserves, the United States has proven total natural gas reserves of 12.9 trillion cubic meters, ranking fifth in the world and about a quarter of Russia's reserves. Moreover, the natural gas in the United States is mostly shale gas, and the extraction cost is much higher than that of Russia, and there is no competitive advantage. In addition, it should be reminded that Europe and Russia are still in their honeymoon in energy cooperation in 2021, unlike now. It seems that we have to admire the "prospectiveness" of the United States, because when energy prices were very low in 2020, natural gas production fell year-on-year, and in 2021 it suddenly doubled year-on-year, especially in the fourth quarter of 2021. Sure enough, by 2022, natural gas prices had soared out of control due to the natural gas crisis in Europe, and the United States made a huge profit from natural gas extracted last year.