On November 16, the National Development and Reform Commission held a regular press conference in Beijing. Spokesperson Meng Wei introduced that since November 7, the daily supply of natural gas in the country has reached more than 1 billion cubic meters, an increase of about 100 million cubic meters over the same period last year. .

In the face of this cold wave, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration have organized PetroChina, Sinopec, CNOOC, and National Pipeline Corporation to take the response work as a test of the ability to ensure the supply of natural gas this winter and next spring. Measures such as the use of pipelines to store gas, the start of underground gas storage exploitation, and the directional increase of gas supply for power generation have ensured the stable and orderly supply of natural gas.

  Meng Wei said that the heating season in the north has already begun.

Affected by the current tight global natural gas supply and demand situation and the soaring gas price, the overall national natural gas supply and demand are tightly balanced during this year's heating season, and the contradiction between supply and demand in some areas during peak hours may be more prominent.

(Reporter Liu Chao produced Lu Huiqian)

Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]