During 2013 Iran has remained on the first place on the gas resources in the world, Iranian Fars news agency reported referring to the BP annual statistical review.
According to BP, total volume of natural gas resources in Iran is 33.8 trillion cub.m.
Last year natural gas resources of Russia increased from 31 trillion to 31.3 trillion cub.m.. The volume of natural gas resources in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan did not change.
The review also reads that by the end of 2013 total natural gas resources in the world reached 185.7 trillion cub.m. With the current pace of world consumption this volume will be enough for 55 years. According to BP’s last year’s Statistical Review, total volume of natural gas resources reached 185.3 trillion cub.m. During a year world natural gas resources increased by 200 billion cub.m.
The Review also includes statistical data of oil resources: by the end of 2013 their volume totaled 1,687.9 billion barrels against 1,687.3 billion barrels by the end of 2012, which shows just insignificant growth.