Reform Is in the Pipelines: PipeChina and the Restructuring of China's Natural Gas Market

December 21, 2020

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On December 16, Columbia Global Centers | Beijing hosted a webinar with Dr. Erica Downs and Sheng Yan from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA, as they presented their latest paper entitled Reform Is in the Pipelines: PipeChina and the Restructuring of China’s Natural Gas Market.

Joined by leading experts on China’s oil and gas industry, including David Sandalow of Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA, Dr. Philip Andrews-Speed of the National University of Singapore, Dr. Neil Beveridge of AllianceBernstein, Dr. Lei Yang of Peking University, and Jenny Yang of IHS Markit, they exchanged important insights on the current situation and future prospects of China’s natural gas market.

Key questions addressed:

  • Why did China create a national oil and natural gas pipeline company?

  • Will PipeChina be a catalyst for the changes China seeks, such as increasing natural gas consumption by lowering end-user costs?

  • What are some of the implications for global gas markets?