(Yicai Global) Dec. 15 -- China's natural gas production growth slowed in November as the country is gradually recovering from the impacts of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

China's natural gas output rose 11.8 percent to 16.9 billion cubic meters from a year ago, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics today. In October, the increase was 11.9 percent. Imports of the low-emission energy source fell 3 percent to 9.2 million tons.

From January to November, China produced 170.2 billion cbm of natural gas, up 9.3 percent from a year earlier. Imports rose almost 4 percent to 90.4 million tons.

Editor: Emmi Laine