China's Old Gas Allies Fail to Meet Demand Boom in Winter

This is why China needs to develop domestic natural gas reserves as quickly as possible.....

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China's Old Gas Allies Fail to Meet Demand Boom in Winter
Bloomberg News
‎Updated on ‎26‎‎February‎‎2018‎‎04‎:‎33

·Imports from Turkmenistan -14% y/y in January to 1.81m tons
·LNG imports from Qatar rise to 1.19m tons, most in 4 years

China’s natural gas imports from Central Asia, a long-time source of the fuel via pipeline, slipped last month, worsening a winter shortage and increasing the world’s biggest energy user’s reliance on seaborne supplies.