ABB to support China's first large-scale shale gas project

A man cycles past the logo of Swiss industrial group ABB at an office building in Zurich October 24, 2013. BEIJING -- ABB, a leading power and automation technology group, will work to support production in the Sinopec Fuling Shale Gas Project, according to an announcement on Thursday. ABB announced a deal with China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation to provide automation and engineering services for Phase I of Sinopec's Shale Gas Project in Jiaoshiba Block in Fuling, Chongqing, over the next three years. A type of unconventional natural gas trapped in a free or adsorbed state in shale or mud-stone formations, shale gas is mainly composed of methane. According to the "Shale Gas Development Plan" released by the Chinese government in 2012, China will actively promote the development and use of unconventional oil and gas resources, including shale gas.