West-east gas pipeline commences trial operation
( 2003-10-01 11:40) (Xinhua)
The east section of the
west-east gas pipeline, from Shaanxi's Jingbian County to Shanghai, starts trial
operation today, warming up for the commercial operation of the pipeline slated
on Jan. 1, 2004.
A grand ceremony was held by PetroChina in Jingbian, a major gas production
base of the Chinese oil giant's gas-rich Changqing Oilfield.
According to PetroChina's plan, Jingbian will supply gas to the pipeline
before being replaced by the Tarim basin as the gas source in the beginning of
2005, when the western section, from Xinjiang's Lunnan to Jingbian, is hooked up
with the Jingbian- Shanghai section.
By far, Changqing has secured a proven natural gas geological reserve of 1.1
trillion cubic meters, 751 billion cubic meters of which are recoverable
reserves. And through years of efforts, Changqing has built a yearly production
capacity of 4.8 billion cubic meters, an amount which can not only satiate the
existing pipelines channeling gas to Beijing, Tianjin, Xi'an, Hohhot, and
Yinchuan but also the east section of the west-east gas pipeline, which may
require for 2.1 billion cubic meters of gas in 2004.
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