2004年中国天然气行业发展综述

Development of China's Natural Gas Industry in 2004

2004年,全国探明天然气可采储量约为2.79万亿立方米,产量约为407亿立方米,销售量为300亿立方米。西气东输等管道工程建设和运行进展顺利。围绕西气东输管线、忠武管线、陕京二线、冀宁联络线和引进LNG(液化天然气)的市场开发工作取得丰硕成果。海外合作和并购取得进展。城市燃气行业掀起并购重组热潮。2004年中国天然气工业所取得的重大进展包括:西气东输管道工程正式投入商业运营;横向基干管网通道基本形成;塔里木、川渝、长庆和青海四大气区的外输能力全面实现;LNG进入全面发展时期。2004年中国天然气行业发展中的问题也警示我们,资源问题是制约我国天然气行业发展的瓶颈;2004年冬天北京天然气供应紧张,说明天然气的安全稳定供应不仅事关经济责任,也是社会和政治责任问题。

The proven natural gas reserves in China in 2004 were about 2.79 trillion cubic meters. The production and sales of natural gas was 40.7 billion and 30 billion cubic meters respectively in 2004. The pipeline construction and operation for the west-to-east gas transportation was well underway, and rewarding results were yielded by the market development focusing on the west-to-east gas transportation pipeline, Zhongwu Pipeline, Shaanjing No.2 Pipeline, Jinning Pipeline as well as LNG introduction. What was more, progress was made in overseas cooperation and M&A and an upsurge for merger and reorganization emerged within the urban fuel gas sector. The impressive achievements posted by the Chinese natural gas sector in 2004 include: the west-to-east gas transportation pipeline project was brought into commercial operation; the basic network connected to the west-to-east pipeline was taking shape. Transportation of gas to the outside was achieved in Tarim, Chuanyu, Changqing and Qinghai gas regions; LNG got into the full swing for development. The problems identified in the natural gas development in China in 2004 also pointed out that the shortage of resources is still the bottleneck for the expansion of the domestic natural gas sector; Beijing suffered from a strained natural gas supply in the winter of 2004, which indicates the safe and stable supply of natural gas not only involves the economic sector, but carries profound social and politicali mplications.