Urumqi limits natural gas consumption to safeguard supply for the east

Shanghai – The government of Urumqi, the capital city of northwestern China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region, has decided to curb the city’s natural gas consumption in order to guarantee sufficient gas supplies for the country’s more energy-demanding eastern regions, state media reported today.

According to an emergency circular outlining how the city’s natural gas use will be controlled, the Urumqi municipal government will suspend granting approvals for new car remodeling firms that involve converting fuel-powered engines to those powered by gas. Existing remodeling firms are also required to stop producing natural gas-consuming cars, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.


The construction of new gas filling stations will also be limited and industrial use of natural gas prohibited. Various other natural gas uses are also going to be heavily regulated and controlled, according to the report.

Officials from the Xinjiang Economic and Trade Commission were not available for comment.

Interfax