China has declared a major shale gas discovery in the western part of Hubei province, claiming it is the third-biggest such find after Fuling and Weiyuan-Changning in the Sichuan basin, writes Xu Yihe.
In an announcement last week, the China Geological Survey, the survey division of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), said the discovery at western Hubei is as large as 11.68
