List of countries by recoverable shale gas
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A map of 48 shale basins in 38 countries, based on US Energy Information Administration data, 2011.
This is a list of countries by recoverable shale gas based on data collected by the Energy Information Administration agency of the United States Department of Energy.[1] Numbers for the estimated amount of recoverable shale gas resources are provided alongside numbers for proven natural gas reserves.
Nations
| Country | Estimated recoverable resources (trillion cubic feet) |
Date of Information[1] |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| - | World total | 7,299 | 2013 |
| 1 |  China |
1,115 | 2013 |
| 2 |  Argentina |
802 | 2013 |
| 3 |  Algeria |
707 | 2013 |
| 4 |  United States |
665 | 2013 |
| 5 |  Canada |
573 | 2013 |
| 6 |  Mexico |
545 | 2013 |
| 7 |  Australia |
437 | 2013 |
| 8 |  South Africa |
390 | 2013 |
| 9 |  Russia |
285 | 2013 |
| 10 |  Brazil |
245 | 2013 |
| - | Rest of the World | 1,535 | 2013 |
