2019年11月14日，由国家能源局（NEA）、美国贸易发展署（USTDA）和中美能源合作项目（ECP）联合主办，山东省能源局、青岛市发展和改革委员会以及美国驻华大使馆共同支持的“中美（山东）天然气行业合作研讨会”在山东省青岛市成功举办。此次研讨会是继北京、鄂尔多斯、广州、苏州、大连、杭州之后的第七个中美能源合作天然气行业研讨会。
山东省是经济、人口大省，天然气消费量也是逐年攀升。2016年以来，山东全省天然气年消费量平均增长率超过了25%，2018年消费总量超过160亿立方米，随着新的一批LNG接收站在山东省沿海建成投用，山东的天然气行业迎来又一次的发展高峰，这也为此次中美两国在山东省的天然气行业交流奠定了坚实的基础。中美（山东）天然气行业合作研讨会是一场贯穿天然气行业上下游的技术型研讨会，除了介绍美国和中国天然气产业情况以及山东省天然气发展现状以外，还详细介绍了页岩气勘探开发技术、高含硫气田开发技术、智慧管网发展、智能LNG接收站、微型天然气液化装置、天然 气分布式能源，以及区块链技术在电力行业的应用。来自山东省内外120余中美两国政府官员、行业专家和企业代表积极参与了本次研讨会。其中，来自切尼尔能源、卡特彼勒、艾默生电气、阿尔泰克、铁石能源等美国能源企业齐聚青岛，更有中石化、中石油、中海油、中化集团、国家开发投资公司、山东省天然气管道有限公司、山东石油天然气股份有限公司、青岛能源集团、港华燃气等近90多位中国企业代表出席了本次研讨会。2019年11月15日，部分中美与会嘉宾们前往青岛市黄岛区董家口港参观了中国石化第一个LNG接收站项目即山东液化天然气接收站。
The U.S.-China (Shandong) Gas Industry Cooperation Workshop was successfully held on November 14, 2019 in Qingdao City of Shandong Province. This workshop was co-hosted by the National Energy Administration (NEA), U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), as well as the U.S.-China Energy Cooperation Program (ECP). It received a great support from the Shandong Provincial Energy Bureau, Qingdao Development and Reform Commission and Embassy of the United States of America. The Qingdao workshop is the seventh workshop of the “U.S.-China Gas Industry Cooperation Workshop Series”, succeeding previous workshops in Beijing, Ordos, Guangzhou, Suzhou, and Dalian and Hangzhou.
Shandong Province is an economic and populous province, and natural gas consumption is rising year by year. Since 2016, the average annual growth rate of natural gas consumption in Shandong Province has exceeded 25%, and the consumption in 2018 has exceeded 16 billion cubic meters. Except the introduction of U.S. and China natural gas development situation and Shandong natural gas development situation, the workshop covered the shale gas exploration and development, the high-sulfur gas field technology, the smart pipeline network, the smart LNG receiving terminals, the small-scale LNG liquefaction technology, the distributed energy application, and blockchain applications. Over 120 delegates, including representatives from U.S. and China government agencies, industry leaders, and business representatives participated in the Qingdao workshop. Among these organizations were the National Energy Administration, Shandong Provincial Energy Bureau, Qingdao Development and Reform Commission, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Embassy of the United States of America, U.S. Department of Energy China Office, U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai. It also received representatives from the following U.S. companies: Cheniere Energy, Caterpillar, Emerson, Altec, IronRock Energy, as well as the delegates from over 90 Chinese representatives from Sinopec, PetroChina, CNOOC, SinoChem, State Development & Investment Corp., Ltd, Shandong Oil and Gas Corporation, Shandong Natural Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd, Towngas Group, Qingdao Energy Group and others were present at the workshop. On November 15, 2019, U.S. and Chinese delegations visited Sinopec Shandong LNG receiving terminal in Dongjiakou Port. Qingdao LNG receiving terminal of Shandong LNG project is the first Sinopec LNG receiving terminal in China.
