DISTRIBUTION OF KEY NATURAL RESOURCES ACROSS THE WORLD (INCLUDING SOUTH ASIA AND THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT
Contents
1. Introduction 100
1.1. Uneven Distribution of Resources 100
2. Classification of Resources 100
3. Energy Resources 101
3.1. Coal 101
3.1.1. Coal in India 103
3.2. Petroleum 104
3.3. Natural Gas 107
3.3.1. Shalegas 108
3.3.2. Coalbed Methane (CBM) 109
3.4. India – Petroleum – Petroleum and Natural Gas 110
3.5. Nuclear 113
3.5.1. India 116
4. Sources 119
1. Introduction1.1. Uneven Distribution of Resources2. Classification of ResourcesFigure 1: Classification of ResourcesFigure 2: Global share of recoverable coal reservesTable 1 – Distribution of coal across continentsTable 2: Estimations for different types of coal based on formationTable 3: Gondwana coalfields3.2. PetroleumTable 4: Tertiary coalfieldsFigure 5: Worldwide Oil DistributionFigure 6: Share of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in world crude oil reserves 20123.3. Natural GasFigure 7: Countries with largest proved natural gas reservesFigure 8: World Shale GasTable 5: List of top 10 countries by recoverable shale gasFigure 9: Major coalbed Methane reserves3.4. India – Petroleum – Petroleum and Natural GasTable 6: Reserves of Crude Oil in India (2013)Table 7: Reserves of Natural Gas in India (2013)Figure 10: sedimentary Basin of IndiaFigure 11: Major Oil and Gas discoveries after 2000Table 8: CBM reserves of IndiaFigure 12: Shale oil and gas basins of IndiaFigure 13: Potential Gas Hydrate reserves of India3.5. NuclearFigure 14: Known Recoverable Resources of Uranium 2011Figure 15: Top 10 Uranium producing countries (2010)Figure 17: Uranium occurrence and production centres in IndiaFigure 18: Thorium deposits, India[2] Reserves are identified quantities of “in-place” minerals that are considered recoverable