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Major Producers of Natural Gas in 2016

                                                 (Billion Cubic Meter)                       Natural Gas - Futures

      Country  Quantity                 Country  Quantity                       500   Months (January 2017 - December 2017)
USA                                                                                            Natural Gas - Spot
Russia         750 China                         137                    L 400
Iran                                                                                                                                                                          NATURAL GAS
Qatar          628 Norway                        120                    O 300                                                                                                 MNATGAS
Canada
               190 Algeria                                 97           T 200         Months (January 2017 - December 2017)

               167 Saudi Arabia                            90                   100

               165 Turkmenistan                            78           S             January
                                                                                                February
                                                                                   0
                                                                                                          March
               Source: Global Energy Statistical Yearbook 2017                                                      April
                                                                                                                               May
                                                                                                                                         June
                                                                                                                                                   July
                                                                                                                                                              August
                                                                                                                                                                        September
                                                                                                                                                                                  October
                                                                                                                                                                                             November
                                                                                                                                                                                                       December

Major Consumers of Natural Gas in 2016

                                                 (Billion Cubic Meter)          200

      Country  Quantity                 Country  Quantity               L
USA
Russia         782 Canada                        111                            150
China
Iran           423 Germany                                 91           O
Japan
               203 Saudi Arabia                            90                   100

               188 UK                                      82           T             January
                                                                                                February
                                                                                 50
                                                                                                          March
                                                                        S                                           April
                                                                                                                               May
                                                                                   0                                                     June
                                                                                                                                                   July
               127 UAE                                     74                                                                                                 August
                                                                                                                                                                        September
                                                                                                                                                                                  October
                                                                                                                                                                                             November
                                                                                                                                                                                                       December

               Source: Global Energy Statistical Yearbook 2017

                          Natural gas has seen some
                         developments in this respect
                          in the last few years thanks
                         to the advent of Compressed

                             Natural Gas or CNG.

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