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The reserve list specifies different types of coal and includes countries with at least 0.1% share of the estimated world's proven reserves of coal. All data are taken from the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) via BP; all numbers are in million tonnes. [1]
Pakistan Even though oil and gas resources are rare in Pakistan, there is a great potential of coal deposits (Fig. 1). These coal reserves are of an economic interest because Pakistan...
The Thar coalfield is located in Thar Desert, Tharparkar District of Sindh province in Pakistan. The deposits—16th-largest coal reserves in the world, were discovered in 1991 by Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) and the United States Agency for International Development.
List of world countries by proven Coal Reserves in million cubic feet (MMcf) and per capita.
Pakistan: Coal reserves, million short tons: The latest value from 2022 is 3377.48 million short tons, unchanged from 3377.48 million short tons in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 6608.49 million short tons, based on data from 190 countries. Historically, the average for Pakistan from 2008 to 2022 is 3354.33 million short tons.
Pakistan holds 3,377 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 20th in the world and accounting for about 0% of the world's total coal reserves of 1,139,471 million tons (MMst). Pakistan has proven reserves equivalent to 331.1 times its annual consumption.
Pakistan has access to coal resources in all four provinces and AJK. The segment describes coal deposits as 185.5 billion tons. Pakistan’s Sindh Region is situated in the country’s southern region.
