摘要
As the earliest country discovered natural gas in the ancient time in the world, the production and sales of natural gas in China started booming only in the recent years. China＇s natural gas production in 1949 was only 10 million cubic meters, The production exceeded 10 billion cubic meters （BCM） in 1979, and reached 25.2 BCM in 1999. Despite the inspiring increase of China＇s natural gas production, comparing with the 24% average proportion of international natural gas in energy consumption constitution, China＇s gas consumption only accounts for 3% of the total energy consumption. Global average gas consumption per capita is 403 cubic meters, whereas Chinese average is only 25 cubic meters.
