Why is russia a huge natural gas producer?

Question

Why is russia a huge natural gas producer?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Russia has huge reserves and production of all petroleum products, of which natural gas is one. In many far off areas of oil drilling they burn off the natural gas as it is harder to transport and requires a pipeline. (cant be barged) This also makes Russia a bigger overall producer of CH4 because they have better infrastructure of pipelines into the EU, while African nations in particular do not have the same prevalence of pipelines.

Answer 3

The gas reservoirs in Russia considered one of the highest reserve world wide, however the oil and gas reservoirs usually formed from organic substances, one theory that the area was covered with fern plants which is one of the source for organic substances, and the fossils found there also shows a sea life was exist . Due to the earth and geographical changes the living things was buried and subject to massive pressures and that changed the fossils into hydrocarbon