Clean fuel spurs gas storage push

CNPC chief says stronger network will help avoid shortages in winter months

China should strengthen its natural gas storage and transportation facilities to cope with the higher consumption of clean fuel as the government strives to curb air pollution in the country, a top industry official said.

China should step up its strategic reserves of natural gas and come up with more gas storage facilities to avoid gas shortages in the winter, with logistics being one of the major constraints, said Wang Yilin, chairman of China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's largest oil and gas producer by annual output.