News Huaxi Dushi Bao, under the influence of the cold weather, many places of natural gas supply in recent province shortage phenomenon. In addition to the daily lives of residents, "tight gas" problem plaguing many chemical companies. Use natural gas as raw material, urea production enterprises. 

The data show that the southwestern region of urea production enterprises operating in December 2012 was only 52.54%. This data in November was 66.83 percent compared to 75.37 percent in October. 

In this regard, a chemical enterprises in Sichuan official said, the recent gas shortage caused by the production of chemical industry enterprises. "Basically, the operating rate can reach 80% even if very good general business can achieve 50% to 60% and as far as I understand, in fact, has some companies to temporarily suspend production because of underemployment." 

"This is mainly because, with the advent of winter gas peak in gas to civil industrial gases to give way." Han Jian, an analyst said. 

It is understood that, in accordance with the priority of the "Chengdu plans for the orderly supply of natural gas", the first to protect the lives of the residents, public service facilities, bus, taxi, sanitation trucks CNG gas, and then a special industrial gas. General industrial, chemical fertilizer, chemical, power generation, does not belong to the priority coverage.