Sinopec to forge 1,660-km LNG pipeline

Beijing - China's largest refiner Sinopec will start a 1,660-km liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in May to channel the clean fuel from its Puguang gas field in Sichuan province to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, a source familiar with the project said yesterday.

The Sichuan-Shanghai gas pipeline, with a total investment of 62.7 billion yuan, will send 4 billion cubic meters of natural gas this year, Zhou Yuan, a deputy to the National People's Congress, said on Wednesday.

The Puguang natural gas field has proven gas reserves of 489 billion cu m, said Zhou, former vice-general manager of the Sinopec Group.