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China's West-East Gas Pipeline
November 2006 | Project NewsFour years ago China's massive West-East gas pipeline project was at risk due to concerns about a lack of demand. Since then surging coal and oil prices have contributed to a growth in natural gas consumption from 32.8bn cubic metres (bcm) in 2003 to an estimated 56.4bcm this year, a 72% increase. As an intrinsic part of the government's plan to increase the share of natural gas in China's total energy consumption mix from the current 3% to 10% by 2010, the West-East gas pipeline is now of major importance, and China is committed to the idea of building a
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