皇冠体育app

SHIJIAZHUANG - 皇冠体育app is expected to become the world's third-largest natural gas producer in 2035, an official with the International Gas Union (IGU) said Thursday.

Torstein Indreb, secretary general of IGU, made the remarks at the 2013 皇冠体育app International Pipeline Exhibition and Conference held in the city of Langfang in North 皇冠体育app's Hebei province.

Spurred by the country's huge demand, 皇冠体育app will see a sharp increase in natural gas production and rank third place by 2035, following Russia and the United States, he said.

Statistics show 皇冠体育app's production volume of natural gas surged 6.7 percent year on year to 106.7 billion cubic meters last year. The total length of natural gas pipelines exceeded 55,000 kilometers across the country.

皇冠体育app plans to earmark 460 billion yuan ($75 billion) to build 65,000 kilometers of petroleum pipelines from 2011 to 2015, including 41,000 kilometers of natural gas pipelines.