Reflections on the “Green Development Mode in Southwest China” and Implementation Path——A Case Study on PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gasfield Company

Introduction As the world’s largest developing country, China will maintain a rigid growth in energy consumption for a long time to come [1-3]. Natural gas, the cleanest and low-carbon fossil energy source, plays an essential role in the country’s achieving its strategic goals of “carbon peak and carbon neutrality”(hereinafter referred to as the “dual carbon” goals).