Table 11.11  World Dry Natural Gas Production, 1997-2006                           (Trillion Cubic Feet)
Region and Country	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 P
North, Central, and South America	28.75	29.39	29.53	30.40	31.17	30.56	31.02	R 31.08	31.00	31.93
Argentina	.97	1.04	1.22	1.32	1.31	1.28	1.45	1.58	1.61	1.63
Canada	5.76	5.98	6.27	6.47	6.60	6.63	6.45	6.48	6.56	6.55
Mexico	1.17	1.27	1.29	1.31	1.30	1.33	1.40	1.46	1.52	1.71
United States	18.90	19.02	18.83	19.18	19.62	18.93	19.10	18.59	18.05	18.48
Venezuela	.99	1.11	.95	.96	1.12	1.00	.86	.96	1.01	1.01
Other	.96	.96	.98	1.15	1.22	1.39	1.76	2.00	2.24	2.56
Europe 1	10.68	10.49	10.72	10.98	11.10	11.41	11.48	11.89	11.42	11.18
Germany	.79	.77	.82	.78	.79	.79	.78	.73	.70	.69
Italy	.68	.67	.62	.59	.54	.52	.49	.46	.43	.39
Netherlands	2.99	2.84	2.65	2.56	2.75	2.68	2.57	3.04	2.78	2.73
Norway	1.62	1.63	1.76	1.87	1.95	2.41	2.70	2.95	3.07	3.20
Romania	.61	.52	.50	.48	.51	.47	.43	.42	.41	.42
United Kingdom	3.03	3.14	3.49	3.83	3.69	3.66	3.63	3.39	3.10	2.83
Other	.95	.92	.88	.88	.89	.88	.86	.92	.92	.92
Eurasia 2	23.88	24.31	24.59	25.43	25.65	26.26	27.25	28.16	28.79	29.46
Russia	20.17	20.87	20.83	20.63	20.51	21.03	21.77	22.39	22.62	23.17
Turkmenistan	.90	.47	.79	1.64	1.70	1.89	2.09	2.07	2.22	2.23
Ukraine	.64	.64	.63	.64	.64	.65	.69	.68	.69	.69
Uzbekistan	1.74	1.94	1.96	1.99	2.23	2.04	2.03	2.11	2.11	2.22
Other	.44	.40	.39	.53	.57	.65	.68	.91	1.15	1.16
Middle East and Africa	9.74	10.30	10.95	12.01	12.61	13.39	R 14.29	15.23	17.31	18.60
Algeria	2.43	2.60	2.88	2.94	2.79	2.80	2.85	2.83	3.11	3.07
Egypt	.48	.49	.52	.65	.87	.88	1.06	1.15	1.50	1.86
Iran	1.66	1.77	2.04	2.13	2.33	2.65	2.86	2.96	3.56	3.71
Qatar	.61	.69	.78	1.03	.95	1.04	1.11	1.38	1.62	1.75
Saudi Arabia	1.60	1.65	1.63	1.76	1.90	2.00	2.12	2.32	2.52	2.59
United Arab Emirates	1.28	1.31	1.34	1.36	1.39	1.53	1.58	1.63	1.66	1.67
Other	1.67	1.79	1.76	2.15	2.39	2.48	R 2.71	2.95	3.35	3.94
Asia and Oceania 1	R 8.64	R 8.70	R 9.29	R 9.60	R 10.02	R 10.72	R 11.47	R 12.17	13.00	13.50
Australia	1.06	1.10	1.12	1.16	1.19	1.23	1.27	1.31	1.44	1.51
China	.80	.82	.89	.96	1.07	1.15	1.21	1.44	1.76	2.07
India	.72	.76	.75	.79	.85	.93	.96	1.00	1.06	1.07
Indonesia	2.37	2.27	2.51	2.36	2.34	2.48	2.61	2.66	2.61	2.61
Malaysia	1.36	1.37	1.42	1.50	1.66	1.71	2.01	2.20	2.24	2.22
Pakistan	.70	.71	.78	.86	.77	.81	.89	.97	1.09	1.11
Other	R 1.64	R 1.68	R 1.82	R 1.97	R 2.14	R 2.40	R 2.52	R 2.59	2.81	2.91
World	R 81.70	R 83.19	R 85.08	R 88.42	R 90.56	R 92.33	R 95.52	R 98.53	101.52	104.67
1Excludes countries that were part of the former U.S.S.R.  See "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 "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 22, 2008.