China Natural Gas, Inc. filed a motion with the US Bankruptcy Court seeking the dismissal of the involuntary petition filed against it on May 22, 2013. The involuntary petition was filed against the alleged debtor on February 8, 2013. China Natural Gas requests the dismissal of the involuntary case for insufficient service of process by the petitioning parties and a bad faith involuntary filing.

Pursuant to the scheduling order dated May 7, 2013, the first motion of case dismissal filed on March 13, 2013 was deemed withdrawn.