China s largest natural gas base ramps up production amid cold wave
1 2021-01-08 22:25:41Xinhua
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ECNS App Download File photo shows a PetroChina staff working on a purification equipment in an oil-gas reservoir in Suining, southwest China s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhong Min)
Natural gas producers in the Sichuan Basin, China s largest natural gas base, are stepping up their production capacities to deal with the cold wave sweeping across the country.
In southwest China s Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, located in the Sichuan Basin, urban gas consumption has risen from 50 million cubic meters per day to 70 million cubic meters per day, a 40 percent increase from the peak of the same period last year, according to the PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gasfield Company, one of the major energy developers in the basin.
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FILE PHOTO: PetroChina s logo is seen at its petrol station in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - PetroChina Co Ltd, Asia’s largest oil and gas producer, aims to more than double shale gas output from operations in the Sichuan basin to more than 22 billion cubic metres (bcm) by 2025 from this year’s level, China News Service reported on Tuesday.
That will surpass a target set by Sinopec, which led China’s shale gas development with the first commercial find at Fuling, also in the Sichuan basin, and which aims to nearly double its shale gas output to 13 bcm in 2025.
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PetroChina Co. Ltd , Asia s largest oil and gas producer, aims to more than double shale gas output from operations in the Sichuan basin to more than 22 Bcm by 2025 from this year s level, China News Service reported on Dec. 29.
That will surpass a target set by Sinopec, which led China s shale gas development with the first commercial find at Fuling, also in the Sichuan basin, and which aims to nearly double its shale gas output to 13 Bcm in 2025.
Shale gas operations managed by PetroChina s Southwest Oil and Gas division will top 10 Bcm this year, making the company China s single largest shale gas producer, the news agency said.
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