Shtokman Russanov

Yamburg
Zapolyarnoye Urengoy
Troll Bovanenkovo Kruzenshtern

Groningen

Kashagan
Hugoton
Scarab/Safffron North Pars
South Pars
Burgan
HassiR’Mel
North Field
Ghawar Shwe
Current status of Dhirubhai Natuna

the World's gas giants Camisea

S. Alberto Io-Jansz
Bayu/Undan
Chryasor
M.-F. Chabrelie
Secretary-General, CEDIGAZ

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 Current status of
the World's gas giants

• World natural gas reserves: Highly concentrated

• Overview of giant gas fields: Where are they located?

• Impact of gas super-giants on current production

• Producing potential of super-giants gas fields

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 Natural gas reserves are geographically concentrated
1.1.2006 (Tcm/% of world total)

57.2
6.7
7.2 31.7%
3.7%
4% 73
40.4%
14.4
8%
14.8
7.4 8%
4.1%

World proved reserves of

* Provisional Natural gas: 180.7 Tcm*
Source : CEDIGAZ
(162.6 Gtoe)
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World natural gas reserves are concentrated in a rather small number of
large accumulations

World proved gas reserves: 180.7 Tcm

Other fields
34%

Giant fields
66%

*Based on remaining reserves

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 310 giant gas fields hold about 65% of world gas reserves

Tcm

70 25,000 - 26,000
60
1 19 290
50 (> 10 Tcm) (> 1 Tcm) (>100 Bcm)

40

30

20

10

0
Mega Giants Super giants Giants Other fields
About 35% of
world proved
reserves
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 The World's largest non-associated gas field:
Shared by Qatar (North Field) and Iran (South Pars)

Qatar’s North Field, discovered in 1971, covers

6,000 sq km in shallow waters, north-east of the
South Pars Qatari peninsula.
Certified reserves: 25.485 Tcm
North Field
North Field feeds the rapid development of LNG
facilities (Qatargas & RasGas), and local
downstream facilities. It will fuel future regional
and wordwide gas expansion.

Iran’s South Pars, discovered in 1993, covers

3,700 sq km, approx. 100 km off the Iranian coast.
Gas reserves: 14 Tcm.
South Pars is due to be developed in some
30phases. The gas produced from the first
10phases will be for local use, while from phase
11 onward, gas will also provide feedstock for
LNG export facilities and GTL projects.

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 Mega & Super-giant gas discoveries:
Year of discovery and original in-place reserves

Tcm

30
North Field
25

20

15
South Pars

10
1922 Groningen
Zapolyarnoye
Hugoton Bovanenkovo
Hassi R ’Mel Urengoy Yamburg
5
East Natuna Shtokman
Burgan
Troll
0
1938 1948 1958 1968 1978 1988 1998
North Pars Abu Al-Bukhoosh

Year of discovery
Not exhaustive

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 Giant gas fields:
Year of discovery and original in-place reserves

Bcm
850
Sabriya/Um Niga
750

650
Shah Deniz Jansz
550 Kashagan

Sulige
450
Chrysaor, Perseus Dhirubhai
350
Pauto/Florena Ormen Lange
Vorwata S. Alberto Mexilhao
250
Scarab/ Kamenno Lavan
Safron Incahuasi
Madden Azadegan
150 Bayu/Undan Khazzan Shwe
Kela Geryon Day
50
1994 1996 1998 2000 Homa 2002 2004 2006
Tek-Tek
Not exhaustive Abadi

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 Offshore proved natural gas reserves

Asia-Oceania
16%
Lat. America CIS
North America 3% Africa
6%
2% 4%

Europe
7% The size of offshore gas
discoveries is rising.
More than half of the gas
Middle-East
giants discovered during
62% this decade were offshore.

North Field(Qatar)/South Pars (Iran) :

55% of offshore reserves

Offshore reserves: 71 Tcm

39% of total proved reserves

Source : CEDIGAZ

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 Gas super-giants provide about 25% of world gas production

Bcm

800 • About a dozen of super-giants

fields have been developed
700 worldwide.

600
• Groningen and Hassi R’Mel
500 started producing about 4 years
after they were discovered. For
400 most of the other fields, 10 to 15
years or even more elapsed.
300

200 • They provide about:

– 2% of North American production
100 – 21% of European output
– 64% of Russian sales
0
– 25% of Middle-East output
N. Europe Africa Asia-
America Ocea.

Super-Giants Other

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 Impact of super-giant fields on future gas production

Bcm • Several of the producing fields have

already reached peak production
1200 (Russia, Europe, Africa,).
Modernisation and regeneration
1000 programmes will ensure access
to remaining reserves.
N. America
800
L. America
• The potential of several of the mega
Asia-Oceania
600 & super giants is untapped.
Africa
Europe
400 • An increasing role can also be
CIS
Middle-East anticipated from the giants (>100
200 Bcm) which were discovered over
the past decade. They offer smaller-
0 size reserves, but can be developed
2004 2010 2020 over rather short periods.

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 Conclusion

• Although three countries hold a major share of the current and

future gas potential worldwide, giant gas fields can be found on all
continents.

• By 2020, giant gas discoveries may provide at least a third of gas

sales worldwide.

• While mega & untapped super-giants will sustain production in

the very long-term, smaller-size giant gas fields will also play an
increasing role in world gas expansion.

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