Overall, the value of petroleum gas exports increased by an average 5.4% for all exporting countries since 2015 when petroleum gas shipments were valued at $253.9 billion. Year over year, exported petroleum gas dropped by -10.6%.
Among continents, Asian countries sold the highest dollar worth of exported petroleum gas during 2019 with shipments valued at $95.1 billion or 35.5% of the global total. In second place were European exporters at 23.3% while 15.2% of worldwide petroleum gas shipments originated from Oceania led by Australia and Papua New Guinea. Another 14.8% came from North America well ahead of suppliers in Africa (8.2%) and Latin America (3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 2711 for petroleum gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons.
Petroleum Gas Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of petroleum gas during 2019.
- Australia: US$36.2 billion (13.5% of total petroleum gas exports)
- Qatar: $33.2 billion (12.4%)
- United States: $30.5 billion (11.4%)
- Norway: $21.4 billion (8%)
- Germany: $13.6 billion (5.1%)
- Malaysia: $10.7 billion (4%)
- Algeria: $10.4 billion (3.9%)
- Russia: $9.5 billion (3.6%)
- Canada: $9.2 billion (3.4%)
- Indonesia: $8.6 billion (3.2%)
- Turkmenistan: $8.6 billion (3.2%)
- United Arab Emirates: $6.8 billion (2.5%)
- Oman: $5.9 billion (2.2%)
- Nigeria: $5.4 billion (2%)
- Papua New Guinea: $4.4 billion (1.7%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 80.2% of global petroleum gas exported in 2019 by value.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing exporters of petroleum gas since 2015 were: Oman (up 5,212%), Australia (up 177.4%), United States (up 163.2%) and Russia (up 69%).
Those countries that posted declines in their exported petroleum gas sales were led by: Qatar (down -34.2%), Algeria (down -29.1%), Norway (down -28.6%), Nigeria (down -27.3%) and Indonesia (down -16.7%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for petroleum gas during 2019. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s exported petroleum gas and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Australia: US$36 billion (net export surplus up 180.7% since 2015)
- Qatar: $33.2 billion (down -34.2%)
- Norway: $21.4 billion (down -28.6%)
- United States: $20.4 billion (up 1,883%)
- Algeria: $10.3 billion (down -29.7%)
- Russia: $9.4 billion (up 69.4%)
- Malaysia: $9 billion (down -20.5%)
- Turkmenistan: $8.6 billion (up 7.3%)
- Indonesia: $7.7 billion (down -7.4%)
- United Arab Emirates: $6.7 billion (down -12.6%)
- Canada: $6.6 billion (up 0.1%)
- Oman: $5.9 billion (up 5,492%)
- Nigeria: $5.4 billion (down -28.3%)
- Papua New Guinea: $4.4 billion (up 16.7%)
- Myanmar (Burma): $4.2 billion (down -11.4%)
Overtaking Qatar in 2019, Australia generated the highest surplus in the international trade of petroleum gas. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Australia’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for petroleum gas during 2019. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s imported petroleum gas purchases and its exports for that same commodity.
- China: -US$50.4 billion (net export deficit up 119.7% since 2015)
- Japan: -$44.7 billion (down -12.4%)
- South Korea: -$23.7 billion (up 11.5%)
- Germany: -$17.7 billion (down -22.4%)
- India: -$17.1 billion (up 47.2%)
- Italy: -$16.7 billion (down -1%)
- France: -$10.5 billion (down -12.7%)
- Taiwan: -$8.3 billion (up 19.6%)
- Mexico: -$8.1 billion (up 63.1%)
- Spain: -$8.1 billion (up 2.3%)
- United Kingdom: -$5.7 billion (down -3.4%)
- Thailand: -$5.4 billion (up 2.5%)
- Singapore: -$4.5 billion (up 35.1%)
- Belgium: -$3.9 billion (down -13.8%)
- Brazil: -$2.6 billion (down -55.6%)
Overtaking China in 2019, Japan posted the highest deficit in the international trade of petroleum gas. In turn, this negative cashflow confirms China’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for petroleum gas-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful product demand from Chinese businesses and consumers.
Companies
Petroleum Gas Exporting Companies
Below are global petroleum gas firms that represent established players engaged in the international petroleum gas trade. Their home country is shown within parenthesis.
- Bayerngas Norge (Norway)
- Enbridge (Canada)
- GAZPROM Germania GmbH (Germany)
- Lukoil (Russia)
- Origin Energy (Australia)
- Southern Gas Company (United States)
Searchable List of Petroleum Gas Exporting Countries in 2019
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of the columns. An entry of 0% in the right-most column means no 2018 data was available.
| Rank | Exporter | Petroleum Gas Exports (US$) | 2018-9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Australia | $36,186,982,000 | +10.8% |
| 2. | Qatar | $33,241,418,000 | -35.8% |
| 3. | United States | $30,524,255,000 | +8.3% |
| 4. | Norway | $21,439,957,000 | -39.3% |
| 5. | Germany | $13,572,633,000 | +22.4% |
| 6. | Malaysia | $10,701,504,000 | -1.3% |
| 7. | Algeria | $10,438,333,000 | -24.3% |
| 8. | Russia | $9,501,077,000 | +26.7% |
| 9. | Canada | $9,162,397,000 | -9.8% |
| 10. | Indonesia | $8,614,676,000 | -19.1% |
| 11. | Turkmenistan | $8,614,453,000 | +7.2% |
| 12. | United Arab Emirates | $6,802,730,000 | +303.1% |
| 13. | Oman | $5,857,094,000 | +30.2% |
| 14. | Nigeria | $5,430,918,000 | -7.9% |
| 15. | Papua New Guinea | $4,441,717,000 | +14.5% |
| 16. | Myanmar (Burma) | $4,240,380,000 | +31.2% |
| 17. | Belgium | $4,171,076,000 | -46.8% |
| 18. | Trinidad/Tobago | $3,563,600,000 | -15.5% |
| 19. | Kazakhstan | $3,459,102,000 | +14.8% |
| 20. | Brunei Darussalam | $3,411,732,000 | +5.2% |
| 21. | Netherlands | $3,320,505,000 | +167.9% |
| 22. | France | $3,001,569,000 | +5.4% |
| 23. | United Kingdom | $2,784,392,000 | -26% |
| 24. | Bolivia | $2,613,455,000 | -13.5% |
| 25. | Azerbaijan | $2,378,956,000 | +55.7% |
| 26. | Kuwait | $2,232,141,000 | -18.6% |
| 27. | China | $1,973,774,000 | +9.2% |
| 28. | Angola | $1,891,894,000 | +2.3% |
| 29. | Hungary | $1,627,782,000 | -35.4% |
| 30. | Libya | $1,401,257,000 | -6.8% |
| 31. | Uzbekistan | $1,338,387,000 | -45.5% |
| 32. | Equatorial Guinea | $924,082,000 | -40.2% |
| 33. | Egypt | $898,473,000 | +32.8% |
| 34. | Argentina | $754,534,000 | +30.7% |
| 35. | Peru | $625,433,000 | -40.2% |
| 36. | Spain | $481,443,000 | -33.8% |
| 37. | South Korea | $447,679,000 | -12.7% |
| 38. | Cameroon | $440,568,000 | +64.4% |
| 39. | India | $316,833,000 | +11% |
| 40. | Ukraine | $313,035,000 | +1,299% |
| 41. | Singapore | $302,768,000 | -41.8% |
| 42. | Sweden | $275,793,000 | -22.5% |
| 43. | Mozambique | $271,360,000 | -2% |
| 44. | Iran | $264,722,000 | -95% |
| 45. | Greece | $253,724,000 | +44.1% |
| 46. | Czech Republic | $246,043,000 | -14.8% |
| 47. | Italy | $244,447,000 | +3.1% |
| 48. | Thailand | $183,011,000 | -41.6% |
| 49. | Poland | $160,964,000 | -29.7% |
| 50. | Lithuania | $158,197,000 | +3% |
| 51. | Portugal | $154,990,000 | +36.2% |
| 52. | Honduras | $137,211,000 | +1,052% |
| 53. | Vietnam | $113,167,000 | -41.6% |
| 54. | Japan | $110,461,000 | -30.1% |
| 55. | Bahrain | $102,268,000 | 0% |
| 56. | Romania | $99,812,000 | -40% |
| 57. | Slovakia | $92,355,000 | -15.2% |
| 58. | Slovenia | $88,814,000 | +329.4% |
| 59. | Latvia | $85,781,000 | -0.1% |
| 60. | Turkey | $84,813,000 | -8.1% |
| 61. | Belarus | $81,123,000 | -74.6% |
| 62. | Taiwan | $73,606,000 | -25.6% |
| 63. | South Africa | $68,318,000 | -9.8% |
| 64. | Croatia | $67,583,000 | -39.8% |
| 65. | El Salvador | $66,071,000 | -30.1% |
| 66. | Guatemala | $62,968,000 | -33.1% |
| 67. | Chile | $50,415,000 | -59.6% |
| 68. | Israel | $49,271,000 | +33.8% |
| 69. | Philippines | $48,236,000 | -44.7% |
| 70. | Bulgaria | $41,722,000 | +61.2% |
| 71. | Austria | $37,871,000 | -13.8% |
| 72. | Finland | $34,481,000 | -59.3% |
| 73. | Maldives | $33,656,000 | 0% |
| 74. | New Zealand | $32,925,000 | -88.4% |
| 75. | Timor-Leste | $30,911,000 | 0% |
| 76. | Serbia | $26,799,000 | -22.5% |
| 77. | Dominican Republic | $26,757,000 | +144.6% |
| 78. | Congo | $25,354,000 | +103.4% |
| 79. | Iraq | $23,603,000 | -58.3% |
| 80. | Mauritius | $17,304,000 | -18% |
| 81. | Switzerland | $15,897,000 | -17.6% |
| 82. | Mexico | $14,992,000 | -62.5% |
| 83. | Ireland | $12,114,000 | -45.5% |
| 84. | Estonia | $11,461,000 | +98.8% |
| 85. | Albania | $10,831,000 | 0% |
| 86. | Tunisia | $10,795,000 | -59.3% |
| 87. | Venezuela | $9,795,000 | -68.5% |
| 88. | Ghana | $7,656,000 | +50,940% |
| 89. | Bahamas | $7,626,000 | +95,225% |
| 90. | Togo | $6,501,000 | -31.2% |
| 91. | Senegal | $4,423,000 | +57.7% |
| 92. | Pakistan | $3,395,000 | 0% |
| 93. | North Macedonia | $2,890,000 | -4.9% |
| 94. | Colombia | $2,492,000 | +49,740% |
| 95. | Sierra Leone | $2,409,000 | +975.4% |
| 96. | Zambia | $1,706,000 | -24% |
| 97. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $1,682,000 | +13.6% |
| 98. | Curaçao | $1,363,000 | 0% |
| 99. | Kenya | $1,274,000 | -70.6% |
| 100. | Hong Kong | $685,000 | +94.1% |
| 101. | Madagascar | $682,000 | -7.1% |
| 102. | Afghanistan | $677,000 | 0% |
| 103. | Brazil | $523,000 | +10.1% |
| 104. | Cabo Verde | $410,000 | 0% |
| 105. | Nicaragua | $390,000 | +15.7% |
| 106. | Namibia | $385,000 | +113.9% |
| 107. | Kyrgyzstan | $383,000 | +3.2% |
| 108. | Tanzania | $324,000 | -95.8% |
| 109. | Uruguay | $318,000 | 0% |
| 110. | Panama | $237,000 | -99.4% |
| 111. | Luxembourg | $160,000 | +6% |
| 112. | Ivory Coast | $98,000 | -97.4% |
| 113. | Bhutan | $96,000 | 0% |
| 114. | Georgia | $94,000 | -19% |
| 115. | Benin | $91,000 | -72% |
| 116. | Bangladesh | $21,000 | 0% |
| 117. | Lebanon | $20,000 | -97.8% |
| 118. | Botswana | $13,000 | -80.6% |
| 119. | Guyana | $13,000 | 0% |
| 120. | Gabon | $10,000 | 0% |
| 121. | Mauritania | $6,000 | 0% |
| 122. | Malta | $5,000 | -84.8% |
| 123. | Morocco | $4,000 | -87.9% |
| 124. | Costa Rica | $4,000 | 0% |
| 125. | Malawi | $3,000 | 0% |
| 126. | Gibraltar | $2,000 | 0% |
| 127. | French S./Antarctic Terr | $1,000 | 0% |
| 128. | North Korea | $1,000 | -97.9% |
| 129. | Aruba | $1,000 | -80% |
See also Crude Oil Exports by Country and Electricity Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on May 3, 2020
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on May 3, 2020
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 3, 2020
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 3, 2020
Wikipedia, Category:Natural gas companies by country. Accessed on May 3, 2020
