Pipeline helps meet rising demand for gas
The China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline has transported a total of 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas by Wednesday since it started operation in December 2009, meeting demand in the world's second-largest liquefied natural gas importer, according to China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil and gas supplier and producer.
The pipeline, running through China, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with an annual gas transportation capacity exceeding 55 billion cu m, is the first pipeline importing natural gas from abroad by land, said Sino-Pipeline International Company Ltd, a subsidiary under CNPC and the operator of the pipeline.
The 200 billion cu m of natural gas is equivalent to the total annual natural gas consumption of China or 11 years of natural gas supply for Beijing, it said.
