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