Chinese Gas Demand Rises 4% in August
China’s natural gas consumption in August was 25.62bn m3, up 3.9% yr/yr, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on September 29.
From January to August, the consumption was 205.9bn m3, an increase of 3.2% yr/yr, NDRC said. China's gas production in August was 14.2bn m3, up 3.7% yr/yr, as per data published on September 15 by the country’s statistics bureau.
Production was 122.5bn m3 during the first eight months of the year, up 8.8% yr/yr, the statistics bureau data showed. China's customs department reported in early September that the country imported 65mn metric tons of gas during the January-August period, up 3.3% yr/yr.