China's "dash for gas": Challenges and potential impacts on global markets

Eurasian Geography and Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-522

  O'Hara, Sarah ^a   Lai, Hongyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; coalbed methane; East China Sea; gas hydrates; gas pipelines; LNG; LNG terminals; natural gas; natural gas pricing; shale gas; South China Sea; tight gas sands; unconventional gas resources

Indexed keywords

COALBED METHANE; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY MARKET; GAS HYDRATE; GAS PIPELINE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IMPORT; LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 79960526731     PISSN: 15387216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.52.4.501     Document Type: Article

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