(1) According to the InternationalEnergy Agency, the top10 natural gas producers (inbillion cubic meters) are: 1)United States 689 (19.8%), 2)Russia 671 (19.3%), 3)Iran 255(5.86%), 4)Qatar 161 (4.6%), 5)Canada 155 (4.5%), 6) China115 (3.3%), 7) Norway 109(3.1%), 8) Netherlands 86(2.5%), 9) Saudi Arabia 84(2.4%), 10) Algeria 80 (2.3%).They together produce twothirds of the total world productionof 3,479 billion cubicmeters