Sinopec to double shale gas capacity at Fuling

First phase of key project starts in Sichuan Basin of southwest China

China Petrochemical Corp is planning to boost shale gas output capacity at its Fuling project to 10 billion cubic meters by 2017.

The company, also known as Sinopec, said that the first phase of the Fuling shale gas project in the Sichuan Basin of Southwest China has commenced production with an annual capacity of 5 billion cubic meters.