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China's NEA holds special meeting on winter gas supply for 2026-2027
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On September 21, China's National Energy Administration (NEA) convened a special meeting to assess natural gas supply security for the 2026-2027 heating season. The meeting was held to implement decisions by the Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council regarding the Middle East situation and national energy security, as well as requirements from the National Development and Reform Commission and the NEA Party Leadership Group. The focus was on ensuring warm winter conditions for the public by studying the supply-demand situation for the upcoming winter and spring, and detailing next-stage key tasks. The meeting demanded that oil and gas companies, as the main force for gas supply, adhere to bottom-line thinking and problem orientation, plan ahead, and adopt multiple measures. Upstream gas suppliers were urged to vigorously increase reserves and production, strengthen domestic output, accelerate gas injection to ensure underground gas storage is full before winter and coastal LNG tanks are at high liquid levels, and refine emergency plans to secure their own market supply bottom line.
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September 28 (Futures News) — On September 21, the National Energy Administration convened a special meeting to assess the natural gas supply security situation for the 2026–2027 heating season.
The meeting aimed to thoroughly implement the decisions and directives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council regarding responses to the Middle East situation and the safeguarding of national energy security. It also followed the work requirements of the National Development and Reform Commission and the Party Leadership Group of the National Energy Administration. The focus was on ensuring a warm winter for the people, analyzing the natural gas supply and demand outlook for the upcoming winter and spring, and detailing the next phase of key tasks.
The meeting emphasized that oil and gas enterprises, as the main force in ensuring natural gas supply, must adhere to a bottom-line mindset and a problem-oriented approach. They are required to plan proactively and adopt multiple measures simultaneously.
Key requirements include:
- Upstream gas supply enterprises should significantly increase reserves and production, relying on domestic resources to boost supply.
- Accelerate gas injection progress to ensure that underground gas storage facilities are fully filled before winter and that coastal LNG storage tanks remain at high liquid levels.
- Develop and refine emergency response plans to secure the bottom line of supply security for their respective markets.
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China’s NEA Orders Gas Firms to Boost Output and Storage for 2026-2027 Winter Heating Season