Arctic and East African natural gas lifts USGS world resource estimate

摘要

Excluding the US, the world holds 20% more undiscovered conventional natural gas than the previous estimate of 4,669 Tcf made in 2000, according to a US Geological Survey (USGS) report issued on Wednesday. The increased estimate was largely due to the inclusion of the gas-rich Arctic and East Africa in the new survey, and means technically recoverable untapped resources now stand at 5,606 Tcf.