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CHAPTER TWO
Developments of Energy Resourrces
3-2 Marketed Natural Gas
The quantities of natural gas marketed worldwide increased by
1.2% in 2011, from 3,280 billion cubic meters in 2010, to 3338
billion cubic meters in 2011.
Figure (2-12)
and
Table (2-8)
.
Figure 2-12
Marketed Natural Gas by International Grouping, 2011
(%)
3-2-1 OAPEC Members and other Arab countries:
Marketed natural gas of OAPEC members increased by 2% rose
from 532.4 billion cubic meters in 2010 up to 542.4 billion cubic
meters in 2011, indicating rises in UAE by 2%, in Bahrain by 2%,
in Saudi Arabia by 5.3%, in Iraq by 4.7%, in Qatar by 11%, and in
Kuwait by 15.4%. On the other hand, marketed natural gas declined
in Tunisia by 13.8%, in Algeria by 1.3%, in Syria by 9%, in Libya
by 66.2%, and in Egypt by 0.5%. OAPEC members
’
total share of
world marketed natural gas was 16.2% in 2011, which is almost the
same of 2010 share of 16.1%.
