TIANJIN, China, Oct 28 (Reuters) - China's demand for natural gas for this winter is expected to rise by 10% from a year earlier to 180 billion cubic meters (bcm), an official with the country's top oil and gas producer PetroChina said on Thursday.
Petrochina has secured 106.2 bcm of gas supplies for this winter, up 8.4% from a year ago, the official told a seminar organized by China's state-backed Chongqing Gas Exchange in Tianjin. (Reporting by Muyu Xu and Chen Aizhu; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
