"China may double gas buys in five years after opening pipeline" from South China Morning Post

"China may more than double imports of natural gas from Turkmenistan in five years after opening a pipeline from the Central Asian nation, which holds the world's fourth-largest reserves. Turkmenistan plans to export 17 billion cubic metres of gas to China next year, rising to 40 billion cubic metres in 2015, said a Turkmenistan official. China opened the TransAsian pipeline from Turkmenistan through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in December. China turned to Central Asia for gas supplies as talks on deliveries from Russia, which has the world's largest reserves, remain deadlocked over prices."