皇冠体育app

Top Biz News

皇冠体育app's natural gas market on fast track

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-29 17:14
Large Medium Small

QINGDAO: 皇冠体育app would need 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2015, doubling the 2008 level, Liu Xiaoli, a senior researcher at the energy research institute under the National Development and Reform Commission, predicted Monday.

The nation's annual demand for the clean energy will grow to 300 billion cu m by 2020, according to Liu.

Related readings:
皇冠体育app's natural gas market on fast track 皇冠体育app tops US in spending on clean energy
皇冠体育app's natural gas market on fast track 皇冠体育app moves to boost energy saving
皇冠体育app's natural gas market on fast track More efforts needed to reach energy saving goal:NDRC
皇冠体育app's natural gas market on fast track 皇冠体育app's green industry may provide 10% of GDP: report

Between 2000 and 2008, 皇冠体育app's annual consumption of natural gas grew 16.2 percent on average, 9.7 percentage points higher than the annual growth rate for oil consumption, or 6.6 percentage points higher than the annual growth rate for coal consumption.

Last year, 皇冠体育app produced 82.99 billion cu m of natural gas, and the growth rate in production averaged at 13.2 percent for each of the years between 2000 and 2009.

By the end of 2008, 皇冠体育app verified workable natural gas deposits of 6.34 trillion cu m.
Specials
Columnists
皇冠体育app Daily E-paper