Increasing Natural Gas Demand in China - Diversification of Gas Sources to Ensure Future Supply”, is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists, that analyzes China’s strategy to meet increasing natural gas demand in the country. The report provides information about China’s efforts to explore new conventional and unconventional natural gas reserves and increase production from the existing reserves. The report also provides details about new LNG regasification terminals and cross-country natural gas pipelines to China. The report is compiled using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts.

1. Increasing Natural Gas Demand in China - Diversification of Gas Sources to
Ensure Future Supply
Summary
“Increasing Natural Gas Demand in China - Diversification of Gas Sources to Ensure Future Supply”,
is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists, that analyzes China’s strategy
to meet increasing natural gas demand in the country. The report provides information about
China’s efforts to explore new conventional and unconventional natural gas reserves and increase
production from the existing reserves. The report also provides details about new LNG
regasification terminals and cross-country natural gas pipelines to China. The report is compiled
using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research
and in-house analysis by GlobalData’s team of industry experts.
Scope
This report provides analysis about increasing natural gas demand in China, as well as the country’s
strategy to diversify its natural gas sources in order to meet the increasing demand. The report
primarily focuses on the following -
- Overview of the natural Gas Sector in China
- Drivers responsible for increasing natural gas demand in China
- Outlook for natural gas consumption in China till 2020
- China’s plans to increase domestic production from conventional gas reserves
- Details of new international gas pipelines and LNG regasification terminals in China to enable the
country increase its imports of natural gas
- China’s strategy to increase natural gas production from unconventional natural gas sources such
as shale gas and coalbed methane.
Reasons to buy
This report will enhance your decision-making capabilities in a rapid and time sensitive manner. It
will allow you to do the following -
- Gain insight on natural gas demand in China
- Understand about China’s plans to increase domestic production of natural gas
- Learn about new international natural gas pipelines to China
- Know about new LNG regasification terminals in China
- Learn about development of shale gas reserves in China
- Learn about development of coalbed methane, sour gas and tight gas in China

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Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents
1 Table of Contents 3
1.1 List of Tables 4
1.2 List of Figures 5
2 Introduction 6
2.1 Overview 6
2.2 GlobalData Report Guidance 6
3 Natural Gas Finds Increasing Role in China’s Energy Sector 7
3.1 Overview of the Natural Gas Sector in China 7
3.1.1 China’s Natural Gas Demand is Expected to Reach 375 Billion Cubic Meters by 2020 9
3.2 Increasing Natural Gas Demand in China: Key Drivers 12
3.2.1 Government Policies are Driving Natural Gas Demand in China 12
3.2.2 Potential for Gas-fired Electricity Generation will Drive the Natural Gas Demand in China 12
3.2.3 The Automobile Sector is Increasingly Using Natural Gas as an Alternate Fuel in China 13
3.2.4 China Initiates Additional Natural Gas Price Reforms for Further Development of Natural Gas
Sector in the Country 14
4 China is Increasing its Domestic Production of Conventional Natural Gas to Meet Growing
Demand 15
4.1 China Plans to Increase Conventional Natural Gas Production in the South China Sea 17
4.1.1 CNOOC Makes Five Independent Discoveries in South China Sea in 2011 18
4.1.2 Husky Energy has Decided to Develop Two Natural Gas Fields in the Liwan Gas Project, South
China Sea 19
4.1.3 Territorial Disputes among the Littoral Countries of the South China Sea is Likely to Affect
China’s Planned Production of Natural Gas 20
4.2 China Continues to Discover and Increase Production of Conventional Natural Gas from its
Onshore Reserves 21
4.2.1 CNPC will Accelerate the Development of Three Conventional Oil and Gas Fields in China 21
5 China has Identified the Strategic Importance of the Development of its Shale Gas Resources 22
5.1 China has Exploitable Shale Gas Reserves of 25.1 Trillion Cubic Meters 22
5.1.1 Sichuan is the Most Explored Shale Gas Basin in China 24

3. 5.1.2 China and the US Launched Shale Gas Resource Initiative in 2009 30
5.1.3 China has Announced a Five-year Shale Gas Development Plan in March 2012 31
5.1.4 CNPC and Sinopec Lead the Way for Development of Shale Gas Resources in China 32
5.1.5 Challenges for the Development of Shale Gas Resources in China 34
6 China will Increase Production from Coalbed Methane, Sour and Tight Gas to Meet Increasing
Natural Gas Demand In the Country 37
6.1 China has the Third -largest Coalbed Methane Reserves in World 37
6.1.1 China Plans to Produce 30 Billion Cubic Meters of CBM by 2015 38
6.1.2 Challenges for the Development of CBM in China 39
6.2 China is also Developing Sour and Tight Gas Reserves to Meet Increasing Demand for Natural
Gas 40
6.2.1 Changbei is an Important Tight Gas Field in China 40
6.2.2 Southern China has Abundant Sour Gas Reserves 41
7 Chinese NOCs are Investing in Overseas Natural Gas Assets to Ensure Stable Supply of Natural Gas
42
7.1 CNOOC has Natural Gas Production Assets in Asia, South America and Oceania 42
7.2 CNOOC Purchased 33.3% Interest in the Niobrara Shale from Chesapeake Energy for $1.3 Billion
43
7.3 PetroChina Announced Plans to Acquire Additional Natural Gas Assets to Increase its Overseas
Production 45
7.4 Sinopec Announced Plans to Acquire All of its Parent’s Overseas Assets in March 2012 47
8 China will Add New Cross-country Gas Pipeline Capacity to Increase Natural Gas Imports 49
8.1 Several Cross-country Natural Gas Pipelines are Being Constructed to Increase Natural Gas
Imports to China 51
8.1.1 Kazakhstan-China Gas Pipeline 51
8.1.2 Myanmar-China Gas Pipeline 52
8.1.3 Uzbekistan-China Gas Pipeline 53
8.1.4 Altai Gas Pipeline 54
9 China is Building LNG Regasification Terminals for Greater Natural Gas Imports 56
9.1 Nine Regasification Terminals are Scheduled to Start Operations in China during the 2012-2016
Period 58
9.1.1 Tianjin LNG Terminal 58
9.1.2 Zhuhai LNG Terminal 59
9.1.3 Tangshan LNG Terminal 60
9.1.4 Hainan LNG Terminal 61
9.1.5 Qingdao LNG Terminal 62
10 Appendix 63
10.1 Market Definition 63
10.2 Abbreviations 63
10.3 Sources 64
10.4 Methodology 64
10.4.1 Coverage 65

4. 10.4.2 Secondary Research 65
10.4.3 Primary Research 65
10.4.4 Expert Panel Validation 66
10.5 Contact Us 66
10.6 Disclaimer 66
1.1 List of Tables
Table 1: Natural Gas Industry, China, LNG Imports to China by Source Country, bcm, 2010 10
Table 2: Comparison of the Emissions of Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants with
Pulverized Coal Supercritical Power Plants, Tons/Year, 2007 12
Table 3: Comparison of Energy Content* (Gross Heating Value) of Diesel, Gasoline, CNG, LNG and
LPG, 2012 13
Table 4: Natural Gas Industry, China, Production from Major Fields, MMcm, 2011 15
Table 5: Shale Gas Industry, China, Key Data of Sichuan Basin and Tarim Basin, 2012 23
Table 6: CBM Industry, China, Forecast of Discovery of New Proven CBM Reserves for Select
Provinces, bcm, 2012-2013 37
Table 7: CBM Industry, China, Forecast of Annual Ground CBM Production for Select Provinces, bcm,
2012-2015 38
Table 8: Natural Gas Industry, China, CNOOC’s Net Natural Gas Production and Net Proved Natural
Gas Reserves, 2011 42
Table 9: Natural Gas Industry, China, Select CNOOC Deals to Strengthen its Overseas Natural Gas
Operations, 2008-2011 44
Table 10: Natural Gas Industry, China, Select PetroChina Deals to Strengthen its Overseas Natural
Gas Operations, 2009-2012 46
Table 11: Natural Gas Industry, China, Select China Petrochemical Corporation and its Subsidiaries
Deals, 2010-2011 48
Table 12: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Phase II of the Kazakhstan-China Gas
Pipeline, 2012 51
Table 13: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Myanmar-China Gas Pipeline, 2012 53
Table 14: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Altai Gas Pipeline, 2012 55
Table 15: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Tianjin LNG Terminal, 2012 58
Table 16: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Zhuhai LNG Terminal, 2012 59
Table 17: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Tangshan LNG Terminal, 2012 60
Table 18: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Hainan LNG Terminal, 2012 61
Table 19: Natural Gas Industry, China, Snapshot of the Qingdao LNG Terminal, 2012 62
1.2 List of Figures
Figure 1: Energy Industry, China, Comparison of China’s Energy Mix, %, 2000 and 2010 7
Figure 2: Natural Gas Industry, China, Distribution of Natural Gas Resources, 2010 8
Figure 3: Natural Gas Industry, China, Projected Natural Gas Consumption, bcm, 2011-2020 9
Figure 4: Natural Gas Industry, China, Natural Gas Consumption in China by End-use Category, %,
2010 11

5. Figure 5: Natural Gas Industry, China, Projected Number of Natural Gas-fueled Vehicles in China,
Million, 2012 14
Figure 6: Natural Gas Industry, China, Projected Increase in Production of Natural Gas from
Conventional Natural Gas Reserves, bcf, 2011-2020 16
Figure 7: South China Sea, Location Map, 2012 17
Figure 8: South China Sea, Location of Liwan 3-1 and Liuhua 34-2 Gas Fields, 2012 19
Figure 9: South China Sea, Ownership Claims by Littoral Countries, 2012 20
Figure 10: Shale Gas Industry, China, Location of Major Shale Gas Reserves and Natural Gas
Pipelines, 2012 22
Figure 11: Shale Gas Industry, China, Prospective Areas in the Lower Silurian Shale, 2012 24
Figure 12: Shale Gas Industry, China, Prospective Areas in the Lower Cambrian Shale, 2012 25
Figure 13: Shale Gas Industry, China, Potential of Ordovician Shales in the Tarim Basin, 2012 26
Figure 14: Shale Gas Industry, China, Potential of Cambrian Shales in the Tarim Basin, 2012 27
Figure 15: Shale Gas Industry, China, Central Depression, Wulungu and the North Tianshan
Foreland Depression in the Junggar Basin, 2012 28
Figure 16: Shale Gas Industry, China, Location of the Turpan-Hami Basin, 2012 29
Figure 17: Shale Gas Industry, China, Location of the Songliao Basin, 2012 30
Figure 18: Shale Gas Industry, China, China’s Five-step Approach to Reach the Set Milestones in the
Five-year Shale Gas Development Plan, 2012 31
Figure 19: Shale Gas Industry, China, Depletion of Ground Water Levels in China, 2011 35
Figure 20: Tight Gas Industry, China, Location of Jinqiu Block in Sichuan Province, 2012 40
Figure 21: Tight Gas Industry, China, Location of Sulige Field in Inner Mongolia , 2012 41
Figure 22: Natural Gas Industry, The US, Location of the Niobrara Shale, 2012 43
Figure 23: Natural Gas Industry, China, PetroChina’s Upstream Locations Across the World, 2011 45
Figure 24: Natural Gas Industry, China, Planned International Natural Gas Pipelines, 2011 49
Figure 25: Natural Gas Industry, China, Projected Increase in Imports of Natural Gas from Pipelines,
bcf, 2011-2020 50
Figure 26: Natural Gas Industry, China, Route of the Myanmar-China Gas Pipeline, 2011 52
Figure 27: Natural Gas Industry, China, Route of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline, 2012 53
Figure 28: Natural Gas Industry, China, Route of the Altai Gas Pipeline, 2012 54
Figure 29: Natural Gas Industry, China, Locations of the Planned/Under-construction LNG
Terminals, 2012 56
Figure 30: Natural Gas Industry, China, Projected Increase in LNG Imports, bcf, 2011-2020 57
Figure 31: Natural Gas Industry, China, Location of Tianjin LNG Terminal, 2012 58
Figure 32: Natural Gas Industry, China, Location of Zhuhai LNG Terminal, 2012 59
Figure 33: Natural Gas Industry, China, Location of Tangshan LNG Terminal, 2012 60
Figure 34: Natural Gas Industry, China, Location of Hainan LNG Terminal, 2012 61
Figure 35: Natural Gas Industry, China, Location of Qingdao LNG Terminal, 2012 62
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