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CHAPTER THREE
Arab And World Developments
LNG and pipeline gas exports from Arab countries to the
international markets continued to rise in 2011 for seventeenth
consecutive year, reaching 217.56 billion cubic meters compared
with 201.09 billion cubic meters in 2010, with an increase of 8.1%.
Qatar ranked first place of Arab countries with gas exports of 121.8
billion cubic meters, representing 55.98% of total Arab exports in
2011. Algeria came second with total exports of 51.5 billion cubic
meters, or 23.67% of total Arab exports, followed by Egypt 6.46%,
Oman 5.01%, Yemen 4.09% and finally UnitedArab Emirates 3.67%,
as shown in
Table (3-20)
and
Figure (3-17)
.
Figure 3-16
Natural Gas Export Worldwide, 2010-2011
0
20
40
60
80
100
2010
2011
69.52
67.75
30.48
32.25
as LNG
by Pipeline