China is still pressing ahead with its shale gas ambitions though numerous hurdles continue to hinder those goals. Shale gas is supposed to boost the nation’s natural gas supply which is in dire need. China today draws about 4 percent of its energy needs from natural gas and more than 70 percent from coal. The coal figure is one that the West has not experienced since the nineteenth century.

via Fuel Fix http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/10/18/chinas-shale-gas-ambitions-still-face-massive-hurdles/