Key facts
- China Datang's Fuxin project is China's largest coal-to-natural gas facility, per the report.
- The first production line began feeding gas into the national pipeline network on Monday.
- The project supplies Northeast and North China, according to the Fuxin city government.
- The project resumed after a suspension lasting more than a decade.
- Rising imported gas prices improved the economics of converting coal into gas, the report said.
China Datang Corp. Ltd.'s Fuxin coal-to-natural gas project in Liaoning province began production after a suspension of more than a decade, the Fuxin city government said. The first production line started feeding gas into the national pipeline network on Monday, supplying Northeast and North China.
The project, described as China's largest coal-to-natural gas facility, held a supply chain coordination meeting in Fuxin on November 2 to mark its entry into the production and supply phase. Rising imported gas prices have improved the economics of converting coal into gas, according to the report.
The report did not state the project's capacity, output volume or the length of the suspension beyond more than a decade.