Gas finds lag behind oil

China's discoveries of proven geological oil reserves in 2010 inched up slightly from a year earlier, but natural-gas deposit findings slumped nearly 18 percent, Ministry of Land and Resources data showed on Tuesday.
China, the world's second-largest oil consumer found 1.15 billion metric tons of proven geological oil reserves and 594.5 billion cubic meters of proven geological natural gas deposits in 2010, the ministry said in report in its official newspaper, China Land and Resources News.
Source:China Daily