Third line of Central Asia-China gas pipeline launched
31/05/2014 21:51
Third line of Central Asia-China gas pipeline launched
31/05/2014 21:51
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Third line of gas pipeline Central Asia-China (line C) has been commissioned to exploitation on 31 May 2014, the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) said.
According to CNPC, the first gas from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan was sent via new line on 31 May 2014.
The line C was constructed along the lines A and B. Its total length is 1,830 km. The designed capacity is 25 billion cubic meters of gas a year, of which Turkmenistan will supply 10 billion cubic meters, Uzbekistan – 10 billion cubic meters and Kazakhstan – 5 billion cubic meters.
The line C of the gas pipeline starts in border area between Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and passes through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to China, where it is linked to Chinese gas pipeline “West-East”.
The construction of the line C was started in September 2013 and completed at the end of 2013, according to Xinhua agency.
Currently, the line C of the pipeline will transport 7 billion cubic meters a year. It is expected that the pipeline will reach its designed capacity of 25 billion cubic meters a year and total capacity of the Central Asia – China pipeline will rose to 55 billion cubic meters a year.
The lines A and B of the gas pipeline Central Asia – China has been launched in the end of 2009 and in October 2010 respectively. These two lines are linked to Chinese gas pipeline “West-East”. Turkmenistan delivers 30 billion cubic meters of gas a year to China.
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