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1、China’sShaleGasIndustryAttractsU.S.FirmsChina,theworld’sbiggesten-ergyuser,issettocopytheU.S.successinmakingshalegasacheapandplentifulnewfuelsource.Thoughstillinitsearlydayswithproductionnowherenearthecommercialstage,China’sshale-gasindustryholdslucrativeopportunitiesforU.S.
2、companiesthatprovideoil-fieldservices.TheyarelookingtogainafootholdinChinabyinvestinginlocalpartnersbeforethecountrylaunchesasecondroundofbiddinglaterthisyearforitshugereservesofnaturalgastrappedwithinshale.Chinesestateownedcompanieswereallocatedshalegasblocksinthefirstround
3、inJune2011.“There’smoneytobemadehere,”saidSimonPowell,headAsian-PacificoilandgasanalystatbrokerCLSA.“It’slikethegoldrush—it’stheguyswhosoldthepicksandshovelswhomadethemoney,nottheminersthemselves,”accordingtoaWallStreetJournalreport.9ChinatounlockitsvastshalegasreservesForpo
4、licyplannersinBeijing,shalegascouldbepartoftheanswertoreducingChina’sgrowingdependenceonimportedenergy.AU.S.EnergyInformationAdministrationreportinAprilsaidChinahad1,275trillioncubicfeet(tcf)oftechnicallyrecoverableshalegasresources—byfarthelargestintheworld,followedbytheUni
5、tedStateswith862tcfandArgentinawith774tcf.ThefieldsaremostlyinSichuanorinsparselypopulatedregionsintheinterior.TheshalegasindustryisstillinitsinfancyinChina,buttheChinesegovernmenthasmadeshalegasacornerstoneofitsfive-yearenergyblueprint,aimingtoboostproductionfromnocommercia
6、loutputtodayto60bncubicmetresyearlyby2020.Thefirstroundofbiddingongovernmentshalegasleases,whichoccurredlastsummer,wasopenonlytostate-ownedcompanies,andthefinalbidsawardedparcelstojusttwolargefirms.Thesecondround,whichcouldcomelaterthisyear,willexpandparticipationtoprivately
7、ownedcompanies9orevenforeignbidders.BeijingisimplementingnewpoliciesthatsupportthefuturedevelopmentofChina’sgasindustrybroadly,aswellassupportingshalegasresearch.State-ownedandprovincial-ownedenterprisesareconductingexplorationandpilotdemonstrationsonshalegasinChina.Meanwhil
8、e,China’sbigthreeenergyproducers—CNPC,SinopecGroupandChinaNationalOffshoreO
