Russia has the world’s largest proven reserves of natural gas, followed by Iran and Qatar. Qatar is the world’s largest supplier of LNG. Other major gas exporters include Algeria (8th largest reserves in the world), Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Norway, Nigeria, Oman, Australia and Turkmenistan. At the end of 2006 global natural gas reserves were as follows (in trillion cubic meters): Middle East (73.4), Europe and Eurasia (64.13), Asia Pacific (14.82), Africa (14.18), North America (7.98), South & Central America (6.88).