US outlines shale gas and tight gas policies in China as LNG and pipeline imports increase
A US report said natural gas demand in China has continued to rise even as pipeline gas and LNG imports have increased and as the government attempts to boost domestic output from shale gas projects run by two Chinese majors.
Chinese LNG imports boosted by volumes from Australia and nations like Angola and Russia
Chinese LNG imports surged by 33 percent last month with cargoes from nations such as Australia, Angola, Cuba, Russia and Qatar and were also up in the January-July period by 47 percent as the Asian nation maintained its growing levels of natural gas demand amid the commercial start-ups of more import infrastructure.
Next wave of US LNG exports to point at China due to Asian nation’s energy sector challenges
The US is likely to become a larger supplier of liquefied natural gas to China once the build-out of the next wave of liquefaction and export capacity on the US Gulf Coast is completed because of continued domestic challenges in the Chinese energy and shale-gas sectors.
