NBS: China natural gas production up 7.0% YoY in Apr

China saw a steady increase in its natural gas production this year, official data showed.

Natural gas production in the country amounted to 79.2 billion cubic meters in the first four months of this year, an increase of 6.17% from a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

In April, China's natural gas production reached 18.9 billion cubic meters, up 7.0% year on year, with daily production of 630 million cubic meters, data from NBS showed. The production was 7.8% lower from 20.5 billion cubic meters in March, due to reduced demand for supply guarantee after the heating season.

China looks to boost domestic energy supplies, and supports upstream gas supply enterprises to increase efforts in oil and gas exploration to ensure energy security.

Sinopec produced 2.226 billion cubic meters of natural gas and sold 2.066 billion cubic meters in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 7.1% and 7.2% respectively from a year ago, both reaching a historic high level.

PetroChina's oilfields completed their production tasks in the first quarter, ensuring a dual increase in oil and gas production.

Natural gas production of PetroChina oilfields in Q1 2023 (Unit: billion cubic meters)

Source: OilChem

CNOOC supplied over 70 billion cubic meters of natural gas to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area by the end of April, ensuring stable and reliable clean energy supply in the region. The Bohai Oilfield achieved a successful start in operation, with its oil and gas production exceeding the plan, and in addition, the central processing platform block of the Phase I development project of the Bozhong 19-6 condensate gas field was completed successfully.

Written by Sunny Fang, fss@oilchem.net  
Edited by Navy Liu, navy@oilchem.net