West East Gas Pipeline

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Summary Information

  • Source: Tarim Basin
  • Destination: Shanghai
  • Ownership: Petrochina
  • Website: http://www.petrochina.com.cn/
  • Length: 4,200 kilometres ( miles)
  • Capacity: per day
  • Status Operating

Details

  • The longest pipeline in China
  • A 4200 kilometer pipeline to transmit the natural gas from Tarim Basin to Shanghai and Zhejiang Province via Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu
  • The eastern section of the West-East Pipeline is of 1485 kilometers in length, extending from Jingbian in Shaanxi to Shanghai.

Contractors

  • UniversalPegasus: Natural gas pipeline feasibility and cost-­‐estimate study and completed basic engineering

History

  • 2001 - Bidding process for construction
  • 2003 - Jingbian-Shanghai Section Commences Trial Operation
  • 2003 - Western Section of West-East Gas Pipeline Completes Welding
  • 2004 - West-East Gas Pipeline Project Begins Commercial Operation

Other Information

  • The Pipeline is a massive project as revealed by the following facts: more than 30 million cubic meters of earth and stone were dug and moved, an effort equal to laying a one-meter-wide and height road long enough to circle the earth; 1.74 million tons of rolled steel was used. There are 350,000 welding lines along the 4,000-kilometer pipeline and the total circumference reaching over 1,100 kilometers. It took just over 4 years to complete the project

Links

  1. Universalpegasus International Pipeline References
  2. West-East Gas Pipeline's Jingbian-Shanghai Section Commences Trial Operation
  3. Western Section of West-East Gas Pipeline Completes Welding
  4. West-East Gas Pipeline Project Begins Commercial Operation
  5. PetroChina Issues Bid Sheets Nineteen Foreign Companies Pass Prequalification Evaluation for West-To-East Pipeline Project

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