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Second west-east gas transmission project begins operations

The China-Central Asia Natural Gas Pipeline, the major line of China's second west-east natural gas transmission pipeline, was officially put into operation on June 30.

The pipeline, which has been watched closely at home and abroad, transfers natural gas from the shore of Turkmenistan's Amu Darya River directly to the Pearl River Delta after passing through China's 15 province-level regions.

As a major national project of China's 11th Five-Year Plan, the second west-east gas transmission project is more than 8,700 kilometers long and is the world's longest natural gas pipeline, with a total investment of 142 billion yuan.

Composed of eight sub-lines and one major line, the second west-east pipeline project starts from Khorgos, Xinjiang in the west and reaches Shanghai in the east and Guangzhou and Hong Kong in the south. It runs across China's eastern and western ends and passes through 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. It has the capacity to annually transmit 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas with a minimum service life of more than 30 years.

Experts said that the operation of the second west-east pipeline project has provided China's energy sector with another major artery and will help ease the shortage of natural gas, enhance the efficiency of the national gas pipeline network, and further optimize China's energy consumption structure.

Liao Yongyuan, vice general manager of PetroChina, said that the completion of the project is of great and far-reaching significance to advance the drive to build a moderately prosperous society, improve China's energy structure, promote the economic and social development of the regions along the pipeline, and benefit the masses near the pipeline.

"As of May 28, the trunk pipeline had brought more than 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Central Asia to some 100 million people in 18 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. After the completion of its sub-lines next year, the project will benefit a total of 500 million Chinese people," Liao said.

The full operation of the trunk pipeline will effectively ease natural gas shortages in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and the south-central region of the country. It will form a nearly 40,000-kilometer network of trunk gas pipelines together with the first west-east gas pipeline, the Sebei-Xining-Lanzhou gas pipeline and other existing pipelines.

Second west-east gas transmission project begins operations ...

The China-Central Asia Natural Gas Pipeline, the major line of China’s second west-east natural gas transmission pipeline, was officially put into operation on June 30.

The pipeline, which has been watched closely at home and abroad, transfers natural gas from the shore of Turkmenistan’s Amu Darya River directly to the Pearl River Delta after passing through China’s 15 province-level regions.

As a major national project of China’s 11th Five-Year Plan, the second west-east gas transmission project is more than 8,700 kilometers long and is the world’s longest natural gas pipeline, with a total investment of 142 billion yuan.

Composed of eight sub-lines and one major line, the second west-east pipeline project starts from Khorgos, Xinjiang in the west and reaches Shanghai in the east and Guangzhou and Hong Kong in the south. It runs across China’s eastern and western ends and passes through 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. It has the capacity to annually transmit 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas with a minimum service life of more than 30 years.

Experts said that the operation of the second west-east pipeline project has provided China’s energy sector with another major artery and will help ease the shortage of natural gas, enhance the efficiency of the national gas pipeline network, and further optimize China’s energy consumption structure.

Liao Yongyuan, vice general manager of PetroChina, said that the completion of the project is of great and far-reaching significance to advance the drive to build a moderately prosperous society, improve China’s energy structure, promote the economic and social development of the regions along the pipeline, and benefit the masses near the pipeline.

“As of May 28, the trunk pipeline had brought more than 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Central Asia to some 100 million people in 18 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. After the completion of its sub-lines next year, the project will benefit a total of 500 million Chinese people,” Liao said.

The full operation of the trunk pipeline will effectively ease natural gas shortages in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and the south-central region of the country. It will form a nearly 40,000-kilometer network of trunk gas pipelines together with the first west-east gas pipeline, the Sebei-Xining-Lanzhou gas pipeline and other existing pipelines.

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