[listenhillary]

State-owned Russian gas firm Gazprom hopes to pump 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year to China from 2018 via the first pipeline between the world’s largest producer of conventional gas to the largest consumer.

“May is in our plans,” a Gazprom spokesman said, when asked about the timing of an agreement. A company source said: “It would be logical to expect the deal during Putin’s visit to China.”

[meatloaf]

From 2018. Good luck with that. May have some competition especially if the Chinese balloon pops as expected. Map shows shale plays worldwide including China. the nice thing about having wells in your own country is getting the liquids like butane, propane, pentanes and ethane used to make polyethylene.