For example, the Sampaguita gasfield near Reed Bank is estimated to hold at least 3.4 trillion cubicfeet (85 billion cubicmetres) and perhaps as much as 20 trillion cubic feet ofnatural gas.
By 2030, the US will depend more on gas than on oil. while China is growing its use of naturalgas from 130 billioncubicmetres last year to 545 bcm in 2035.