China to Produce 6.5 BCM of Shale Gas in 2015, CNPC Says

China plans to produce 6.5 billion cubic meters of shale gas in 2015, the nation’s biggest energy company said.

The country plans to produce 21 billion cubic meters of coal-bed methane in 2015, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. said in its annual report on the oil and gas industry released today.

(businessweek.com, Edited by Topco)