Xinhua reported that China National Petroleum Corporation has taken active measures to raise gas supply and meet rising market demand triggered by heavy snows and falling temperatures.

CNPC figures revealed that daily natural gas consumption volume in north China surged 56%YoY between November 1st and 16th while daily gas consumption in Beijing alone rose 57%YoY in this period.

The Beijing based firm said the daily natural gas supply of CNPC nationwide has increased from 169 million cubic meters at the beginning of this month to the current 189 million cubic meters.

Most of the company gas transmission pipelines have reached their full capacity. The oil and gas producer would do its best to guarantee the demand for local residents' daily life use and the demand in Beijing and other cities by reducing supplies to some industrial enterprises.

(Sourced from Xinhua)