China's Natural Gas Demand Expected to Reach 375 Billion Cubic Meters by 2020 - Report
09 Jul, 2012, 14:30 BST
NEW YORK, LONDON, BERLIN and PARIS, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
China is set to increase its gas imports and production to meet the ballooning demand as the country's natural gas consumption is set to almost treble over the next eight years. The Asian giant will now draw from all available sources to keep up with demand, expect energy industry analysts in a latest research report titled - Increasing Natural Gas Demand in China - Diversification of Gas Sources to Ensure Future Supply.
According to this research, China's natural gas consumption was 131.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2011, already a steep rise from the 2000 figure of 24.5bcm. However, consumption levels are predicted to soar even higher to reach 375 bcm by 2020, thanks to the country's desire to increase share of natural gas in its energy mix.
Major Chinese NOCs such as China Petrochemical Corporation and its subsidiary China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and its subsidiary PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina), and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) are actively involved in the partial or full acquisition of overseas assets in an attempt to guarantee long-term national gas security.
In 2011, China consumed approximately 131.7bcm of natural gas, though it only produced 100.9bcm - a disparity that will only grow in the future. By the end of 2011, five LNG terminals were operating in China with a total regasification capacity of approximately 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf). This will climb to 2.8tcf by the end of 2016 at an Annual Average Growth Rate (AAGR) of 19.7%, due to the introduction of a further 11 terminals.
In March of this year, the government announced a new Chinese shale gas development plan, one of the stated aims of which is to produce 6.5bcm of natural gas by 2015. The government also announced that the country has onshore shale gas reserves of 134.4tcm and exploitable shale gas reserves of 25.1tcm (excluding the Qingzang Plateau area in the Tibet region) - a declaration that confirms China as one of the largest holders of shale gas reserves in the world.
This report analyzes China's strategy to meet increasing natural gas demand in the country. It also provides information about China's efforts to explore new conventional and unconventional natural gas reserves and increase production from the existing reserves.
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