Nigeria among top 10 countries with the largest gas reserves

Future plans of transitioning fully from the use of fossil fuel to low-carbon energy sources have been linked to the full utilization of Natural gas.

According to an OPEC document, world-proven natural gas reserves fell by 0.4% to approximately 206.7 trillion standard cubic metres (cu m) at the end of 2020. Proven natural gas reserves in OPEC member countries dropped 1.4% from the level at the end of 2019 to 73.74 trillion standard cu m at the end of 2020.

The ranking was done among 10 countries with most being OPEC nations.