Libya Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 53,183,000 # in the world
Gas Production 591,526 #40 in the world
Gas Consumption 158,564 # in the world
Daily Surplus +432,962
Gas Imports 0
Gas Exports 251,090
Net Exports 251,090
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Libya

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Libya holds 53 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking # in the world and accounting for about 0.77% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Libya has proven reserves equivalent to 338.2 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 338 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
53,144,000 MMcf
Global Rank: # | Share of World: 0.77%
338 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Libya


Gas Consumption in Libya

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  • Libya consumes 157,147 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Libya ranks # in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 0.12% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Libya consumes 23,320 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 6,738,770 people), or 64 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Libya

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  • Libya produces 591,526 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #40 in the world.

Gas Exports

  • Libya exports 42% of its natural gas production (251,090 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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