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PetroChina focuses on Central Asia, Russia for fuel imports to help 300 million people

China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil and gas company, has stepped up efforts in recent years to import more gas from Central Asian countries and Russia.

The China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline built by the company, which runs through China, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, has transported 270 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China since it was put into operation some 10 years ago, said the company, which is also known as Petro-China.