Lei Huaiyu, the director of CNPC’s New Energy Department of Exploration & Development Company told an industry gathering this week that Shell has been expected to contribute 1 Bcm of shale gas out of the Chinese player’s 2.6 Bcm target set by the government.

Sources said that Shell, though still continuing assessment of the block, has suspended new investments at the play in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.

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