1973 and 2004 Regional shares of Natural gas production 1973 2004 OECD Asia Former Europe 0.4% Latin America 1.0‰ oECD China USSR Am merica Mide197%2.6% Europe 4.7% 0.6% East 2.0% 5.5% 2.1% rica 0.8% Former USSR 28.1% Middle OECD OECD 71.4% East 10.0% 40.3% 1226 Bcm 2794 Bcm Asia excludes China