Unconventional Gas Development and Prospect in China

Abstract:

Many countries in the world begin to attach great importance to the utilization of the unconventional gas. The resources of unconventional gas in China are abundant. The development of unconventional gas is still in the early stage. Tight gas enters large scale and commercializing stage. Shale gas is in the initial stage of commercialization. There are mainly three challenges need to confront, uncertainties of unconventional gas resources, key technology with low cost and environmental pollution. So in the future, resource evaluation, engineering technologies and environmental technologies need to be strengthened in China. Tight gas is the most realistic resources to develop in China and the development and utilization of shale gas is the most anticipated. In the next ten or twenty years, the production of unconventional gas in China will increase considerably and play a major role in national hydrocarbon resources.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 675-677)
• Pages: 1546-1550
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.675-677.1546
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: De Xun Liu*, Hong Yan Wang, Qun Zhao, Ying Liu, Lei Dong
• Keywords: Resources Potential, Shale Gas, Tight Gas, Unconventional Gas

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