(MENAFN) According to the National Energy Administration, China's shale gas output is to hit 6.5 billion cubic meters in 2015, up from 1 to 1.5 billion this year, Xinhua reported.
The output surge has come with increasing use of natural gas in China, as government data showed that domestic natural gas output hit 117.1 billion cubic meters in 2013, up 9.5 percent on year.
Meanwhile, total natural gas consumption stood at 167.5 billion cubic meters, up 10 percent over a year earlier, however, the production was short of demand, the data showed.
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