As the Tarim Kela 2 gas field is completed next year Xinjiang's natural gas production would reach 10 billion cubic meters. By then Xinjiang would become the region which produces the most natural gas in China.

Estimated natural gas reserves in Xinjiang reach 10 trillion cubic meters accounting for almost one fourth of the total amount in China. In recent years driven by the West-to-East Natural Gas Transmission Project surveying of natural gas in Xinjiang is being intensified continuously. By now confirmed natural gas geological reserves has accumulated to 1 trillion cubic meters and Xinjiang has become one of the three natural gas regions to have more than 1 trillion cubic meters of natural gas reserves.

By People's Daily Online