High costs hinder China's shale gas drive

Deep reservoirs and difficult geology hit efforts to meet 2020 output target of 17 Bcm

On site: Sinopec's Fuling shale gas field in Chongqing — On site: Sinopec's Fuling shale gas field in ChongqingPhoto: REUTERS/SCANPIX

Xu Yihe

Singapore

China Sinopec PetroChina BP Sichuan basin

Published 15 May 2019, 12:08Updated 15 May 2019, 19:36