For global natural gas producers, no country is as important to their future as China. An expected surge in demand over the coming two decades from China is underpinning billions of dollars of investment in new liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants around the world, pipeline projects from its neighbours and unconventional gasfields at home. But demand has slowed markedly over the past 18 months casting doubt over the pace of future growth. After years of double-digit expansion, the pace of China’s gas demand growth slowed to 8.6% in 2014. And that slow growth has continued into this year. Year-on-year growth was just 7% over the first three months of this year and demand actually fell by 6% in April. The sharp slowdown has defied expectations of robust natural gas demand growth. 4 Comments on “China’s natural gas demand sputters” GregT on Thu, 18th Jun 2015 8:23 pm Why even […]