我国天然气勘探又取得重大突破，科技部日前宣布，在内蒙古伊克昭盟地区发现迄今国内规模最大的天然气田——苏里格大气田，同时这也是我国第一个世界级储量的大气田。据介绍，苏里格大气田预计近期探明储量在7000亿立方米以上，大约相当于北京市160年的用气量，它是我国迄今发 China’s natural gas exploration has made major breakthroughs. The Ministry of Science and Technology recently announced that the largest natural gas field in the country, the Sulige Gasfield, has been discovered in Ikki League, Inner Mongolia, and it is also China’s first world-class gas field. According to reports, the Sulige Gas Field is expected to have proved reserves of more than 700 billion cubic meters in the near future, which is equivalent to 160 years of air consumption in Beijing.