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    China's 2013 Shale Gas Output Stood at 200 mcm, CBM at 3 bcm

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China’s shale gas output in 2013 stood at 200 million cubic meters, while coal bed methane production was 3 billion cubic meters, country’s Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) said in a statement Wednesday.

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China's 2013 Shale Gas Output Stood at 200 mcm, CBM at 3 bcm

China’s shale gas output in 2013 stood at 200 million cubic meters, while coal bed methane production was 3 billion cubic meters, country’s Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) said in a statement Wednesday.

Country’s total natural gas output was 120.9 billion cubic meters. Conventional natural gas production stood at 117.7 billion cubic meters, the ministry said.  

In a separate statement released Tuesday, National Energy Administration (NEA) said that country is pumping more than 2 million cubic meters a day of shale gas. Sinopec plans to produce 3.2 billion cubic meters from Fuling block in 2015, NEA said.

According to MLR, significant exploration progress was witnessed in central Sichuan Basin.

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