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			Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m) 
					
			 
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				Afghanistan
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			99.96 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Albania
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			2.832 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Algeria
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			4.545 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Angola
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			45.87 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Argentina
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			612.5 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Australia
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			821.2 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Austria
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			15.01 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Azerbaijan
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			849.5 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Bahrain
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			92.03 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Bangladesh
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			300.2 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Barbados
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			141.6 million cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Benin
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			1.133 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Bhutan
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			0 cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Bolivia
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			679.6 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Brazil
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			306 billion cu m (2005 est.) 
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				Brunei
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			390.8 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Bulgaria
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			5.947 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Burma
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			283.2 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Cameroon
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			110.4 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Canada
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			1.603 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Chile
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			97.98 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				China
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			2.35 trillion cu m (2005 est.) 
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				Colombia
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			114.4 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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			991.1 million cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Congo, Republic of the
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			90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Cote d'Ivoire
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			28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Croatia
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			24.64 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Cuba
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			70.79 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Czech Republic
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			3.964 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Denmark
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			99.99 billion cu m (2006 est.) 
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				Ecuador
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			9.769 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Egypt
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			1.657 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Equatorial Guinea
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			36.81 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Ethiopia
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			24.92 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				European Union
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			3.219 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				France
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			341 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) 
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				Gabon
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			33.98 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Germany
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			279.1 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Ghana
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			23.79 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Greece
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			991.1 million cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Guatemala
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			3.087 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Hungary
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			34.26 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				India
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			853.5 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Indonesia
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			2.76 trillion cu m (31 December 2005 est.) 
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				Iran
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			26.62 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Iraq
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			3.115 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Ireland
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			19.82 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Israel
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			38.94 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Italy
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			226.5 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Japan
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			39.64 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Jordan
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			6.23 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Kazakhstan
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			1.841 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Kuwait
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			1.572 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Libya
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			1.472 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Madagascar
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			0 cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Malaysia
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			2.124 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Mauritania
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			0 cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Mexico
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			420.5 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Morocco
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			1.218 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Mozambique
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			127.4 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Namibia
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			62.3 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Netherlands
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			1.756 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				New Zealand
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			33.36 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Nigeria
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			4.984 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Norway
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			2.085 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Oman
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			829.1 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Pakistan
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			759.7 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Papua New Guinea
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			345.5 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Peru
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			246.8 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Philippines
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			106.8 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Poland
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			164.8 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Qatar
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			25.77 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Romania
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			300 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Russia
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			47.57 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Rwanda
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			56.63 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Saudi Arabia
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			6.654 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Serbia
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			48.14 billion cu m (1 January 2005) 
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				Slovakia
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			15.01 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Somalia
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			5.663 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				South Africa
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			28.32 million cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Spain
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			2.549 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Sudan
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			84.95 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Suriname
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			0 cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Syria
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			240 billion cu m (2006 est.) 
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				Taiwan
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			76.46 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Tanzania
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			22.65 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Thailand
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			377.7 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Trinidad and Tobago
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			733 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Tunisia
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			77.87 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Turkey
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			8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Turkmenistan
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			2.01 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Ukraine
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			1.121 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				United Arab Emirates
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			6.006 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				United Kingdom
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			589 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				United States
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			5.451 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Uzbekistan
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			1.875 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Venezuela
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			4.276 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Vietnam
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			192.6 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				World
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			172.8 trillion cu m (1 January 2005 est.) 
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				Yemen
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			478.6 billion cu m (1 January 2005 est.)  		
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