China Knowledge quoted the National Development and Reform Commission said China saw its imports of natural gas surged 86.5%YoY to 25 billion cubic meters in the first ten months of this year.

The imports of natural gas from Central Asia were 12.3 billion cubic meters during January to October and the imports of liquefied natural gas were 11.7 billion cubic meters in the same period.

Last month, the country natural gas imports nearly doubled to 3.1 billion cubic meters. The country output of natural gas increased 6.6%YoY to 82.6 billion cubic meters in the first ten months.

China consumption of natural gas was 104.1 billion cubic meters in the first ten months up by 20.4%YoY.