New Zealand Natural Gas

Summary Table

  Million Cubic Ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
1,361,000 64th in the world
181,448 56th in the world
178,694 55th in the world
Yearly Surplus
+ 2,755  
Gas Imports
0  
Gas Exports
0  
0  
(Data shown is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categoreies)

Gas Reserves in New Zealand

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New Zealand holds 1.27 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking 64th in the world and accounting for about 0.018% of the world's total natural gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

New Zealand has proven reserves equivalent to 6.9 times its annual consumption. This means it has about 7 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).

New Zealand Gas Reserves
1,267,000 MMcf
Global Rank: 64th | Share of World's Gas: 0.018 %
7 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in New Zealand

Gas Consumption in New Zealand

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  • New Zealand consumes 182,755 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.
  • New Zealand ranks 55th in the world for natural gas consumption, accounting for about 0.1% of the world's total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.
  • New Zealand consumes 38,505 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 4,746,252 people), or 105 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in New Zealand

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  • New Zealand produces 181,448.47 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking 56th in the world.

Gas Imports and Exports

  • New Zealand does not import nor exports any natural gas (as of 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production

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