Since the gas line project is completed in operation, the Chinese are trying to raise natural gas - the clean energy consumption. However, in 2008, natural gas accounted for the total energy consumption was still only 3.4%.

Chinese director Jia Chengzao Petroleum Institute said Saturday, even to 2030, China's domestic demand to reach 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas, natural gas, the ratio of energy consumption accounted for only about 6 percent, still far below the world level. In the world's largest consumer of coal, natural gas consumption to increase the proportion of very great difficulty.

Jia Chengzao according to forecasts, in 2030 China will consume 400 billion cubic meters of natural gas, the domestic provision of 250 billion cubic meters, 150 billion cubic meters of imports from abroad. By then, China will become the world's third largest natural gas producer.

Chinese remaining recoverable reserves of natural gas has been increasing the availability of resources, better. Served in the Jia Chengzao oil executives are expected to domestic natural gas production in the longer time, will continue to grow.

Jia Chengzao the point of view, China's largest domestic natural gas production base - the Tarim Basin has been confirmed.

Held in Beijing summit on the global think tank, the oil group in the Tarim Oilfield Company, general manager of Wang Zhao-ming said that the Tarim Basin is very rich in oil and gas resources is currently speeding up the exploration and development. The next decade, the Tarim Basin, equivalent to double the oil and gas. Tarim Basin, west-east gas line has the ability to ensure the long-term stability. It is also the second West-East Gas Pipeline project to the back-up gas source.

For imports, in the second West-East Gas Pipeline Project is built and put into operation, since the end of this year, early next year, China's imports of natural gas from Central Asia.

Deputy general manager of oil and gas business in Malaysia, said Xinhua, the pipeline through Central Asia, the scale of imports of natural gas will be 550-60000000000 cubic meters. In addition, the future of Sino-Burmese natural gas pipeline about 10 billion cubic meters; also stepped up to promote the Sino-Russian pipeline, in 2020 to 80 billion cubic meters is expected.