Texas fora promote China-US energy cooperation

Fostered partnerships among small and medium-sized US and Chinese energy companies.

The 3rd US-China Petroleum Forum and the 2013 China-US Shale Gas Technology Forum were recently held in Houston.

The goal of the newly established US Shale Gas Technology Center is connecting small and medium-sized U.S. energy companies with Chinese companies.

US shale gas development was initially driven by small- and medium-sized companies and those companies now have hand-on experience and applicable technologies and equipment in this field.

Experts said small- and medium-sized Chinese companies may not have the opportunities to team up with big U.S. companies, that's why the for a were held to help foster partnership between small- and medium-sized U.S. and Chinese companies.

Those small- and medium-sized U.S. companies are interested in the Chinese market and the cooperation will benefit both sides.

The China-US Shale Gas Technology Forum focused specifically on helping foster partnership in the field of shale gas. There is also an increasing demand for shale gas in China but Chinese companies generally are not familiar with shale gas.