URGENCY OF ESTABLISHING NATURAL GAS QUALITY STANDARDS IN CHINA

With adjustment of energy strategy structure, the natural gas industry develops rapidly in China. The article introduces the current natural gas quality standards and relative codes at home and abroad. Integrating the characteristics of Chinese natural gas market, the great significance and urgency of establishing unified natural gas quality standards in China are explained from the following aspects: the interchangeability of natural gas and existing urban gas; the design of gas delivering system for LNG projects; the plan and design to connect the gas gathering facilities and pipelines of domestic big or small size gas fields and associated gas fields with the national trunk pipelines; the plan, design and operation of systems and devices for major gas users; the requirements for optimized utilization of natural gas resource, etc.