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

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