Over 14 years of operation of the China-Central Asia gas pipeline, over 500 billion cubic meters of natural gas have been delivered to China, Xinhua reported, citing the West Pipeline Company of the Chinese corporation PipeChina.
This volume of energy is equivalent to the use of 666 million tons of coal, which has reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 731 million tons.
The gas pipeline, 1,833 km long and with a design capacity of 60 billion cubic meters of gas per year, was put into operation in December 2009.The maximum daily gas volume exceeds 160 million cubic meters.
The pipeline, being China’s first transnational gas pipeline, originates on the border of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, passes through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and connects with China’s West-East gas pipeline in Khorgos, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The China-Central Asia Gas Pipeline has provided gas to more than 500 million residents in 27 provincial-level regions and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.