YEAR

2010

2020

2030*

Sales gas production (bcm in year)

NORTH AMERICA

727

1090.2

1,338.60

CENTRAL AMERICA

93.1

66.3

62.8

SOUTH AMERICA

118.9

127.5

244.8

NW EUROPE

267.4

179.7

202.1

SOUTHERN EUROPE

12.4

7.2

7.8

EASTERN EUROPE

635.6

671.5

612.5

N AND NW AFRICA

155.3

155.3

212.9

WEST AFRICA

41.2

77.6

157.6

S AND E AFRICA

5

8.7

60.3

ARABIA AND PERSIA

464.4

649.4

906.4

MEDITERRANEAN

10.9

18.2

87.9

CENTRAL ASIA

141.5

170.2

196.7

NORTH ASIA

103.1

197.1

316.5

SOUTH ASIA

101.4

79.1

90.2

SOUTHEAST ASIA

221.5

213.1

276.3

AUSTRALASIA

62.9

166.9

221.1

GLOBAL

3,161.60

3,877.90

4,994

As collated and forecast by globalshift.co.uk

MILESTONES

Sales gas production (on and offshore)

FIRST ONSHORE PRODUCTION:

1865 USA

1914 Romania

1929 Trinidad

GLOBAL PRODUCTION PASSES:

500 bcm a year in 1962 (after 97 years)

1000 bcm a year in 1970 (after 8 years)

2000 bcm a year in 1991 (after 21 years)

3000 bcm a year in 2008 (after 17 years)

4000 bcm a year in 2021 (after 13 years)

5000 bcm a year in 2031*

FIRST OFFSHORE PRODUCTION:

1945 USA

1963 Japan

SHALE/TIGHT PRODUCTION PASSES:

100 bcm a year in 1996

FIRST PRODUCTION >500m WATER:

1984 USA

1990 Brazil

FIRST PRODUCTION >1000m WATER:

1994 Brazil

1999 USA

FIRST PRODUCTION >2000m WATER:

2000 USA

2011 Brazil

ONSHORE PRODUCTION AT PEAK:

2044 at 3605 bcm in that year*

OFFSHORE PRODUCTION AT PEAK:

2040 at 2498 bcm in that year*

As collated and forecast by globalshift.co.uk