China Natural Gas Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K/A)

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Dec 28, 2011
China Natural Gas Inc. (CHNG, Financial) filed Amended Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

China Natural Gas Inc. has a market cap of $41.42 million; its shares were traded at around $1.93 with a P/E ratio of 2.57 and P/S ratio of 0.46. China Natural Gas Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 15.5% over the past 5 years.

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We had total revenues of $89,953,623, $81,066,118 and $67,720,659 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. We had net income of $17,220,372, $18,830,787 and $15,190,368 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. We had total assets of $247,448,555, $197,614,516 and $118,262,291 as of December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

We had total revenues of $89,953,623, $81,066,118 and $67,720,659 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively. We had net income of $17,220,372, $18,830,787 and $15,190,368 for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Natural Gas from Fueling Stations. Natural gas revenue from our fueling stations increased by 10.2%, or $6,027,261, to $65,285,236 during the year ended December 31, 2010, from $59,257,975 during the year ended December 31, 2009, and contributed 72.6% of our total revenue, the largest of our four major business lines. The increase in natural gas revenue was primarily due to the addition of four new fueling stations during the second quarter of 2010 and one new fueling station in the third quarter of 2009, offset by the one fueling station closed during the third quarter of 2010. During the year ended December 31, 2010, we sold 169,441,928 cubic meters of compressed natural gas through our fueling stations compared to 164,343,895 cubic meters during the year ended December 31, 2009. In the year ended December 31, 2010, the average revenue of our fuel stations was $1,695,720 and the average sales volume was 4,401,089 cubic meters of compressed natural gas per station, compared to approximately $1,677,271 and 4,651,681 cubic meters, respectively, in the year ended December 31, 2009. The reason for the decline in per station sales was primarily due to the construction of main subway lines in Xi an, which caused certain bus routes to deviate from our stations and resulted in decreased sales. During the year ended December 31, 2010, unit selling price was $0.37 (RMB 2.48) and $0.44 (RMB 2.98) net of VAT in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces, respectively, or $0.39 (RMB 2.64) on an average basis, compared to $0.34 (RMB 2.33) and $0.41 (RMB 2.83) net of VAT in Shaanxi Province and Henan Province, respectively, or $0.37 (RMB 2.5) on an average basis during the year ended December 31, 2009.

Natural Gas from Fueling Stations. Natural gas revenue from our fueling stations increased by $6,038,122, or 11.3%, to $59,257,975 for the year ended December 31, 2009 from $53,219,853 for the year ended December 31, 2008, and contributed 73.1% of our total revenue, which was the largest among our four major business lines. The increase of natural gas revenue was mainly due to newly added fueling stations in 2008 contributing full year revenue in 2009, as well as the addition of one new fueling station during 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2009, we sold compressed natural gas of 164,343,895 cubic meters, compared to 149,412,144 cubic meters during the year ended December 31, 2008 through our VIE-owned fueling stations. In terms of average station sales value and volume, in the year ended December 31, 2009, we sold approximately $1,677,271 and 4,651,681 cubic meters of compressed natural gas per station, remaining flat as compared to approximately $1,694,001 and 4,755,824 cubic meters in the year ended December 31, 2008. Unit selling price was stable at $0.37 (RMB 2.5).

Natural Gas from Fueling Stations. Cost of revenue of our natural gas for our VIE-owned fueling stations increased by 7.8%, or $1,975,198, to $27,395,962 during the year ended December 31, 2009, as compared to $25,420,764 for the year ended December 31, 2008. The low growth rate for cost of natural gas for our fueling stations was primarily due to the low procurement price in coal bed methane we obtained from July 2008 to May 2009 in Henan province that reduced our unit cost from one of our major supplier by approximately 35%, from $0.22 (RMB1.55) to $0.14 (RMB1.00), offset by the increase of natural gas procurement price starting June 2009, from $0.15(RMB1.00) to $0.19 (RMB1.30). Our overall average unit cost was reduced by 3.4% during the year ended December 31, 2009.

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