December 02, 2008

CNPC starts construction of western segment of West East pipeline II

CNPC announced that it had kicked off construction of the 132 kilometer western segment of the West-East China pipeline.

The released said the construction starting from Jinghe County to Kuitun County the western segment will be connected by 1,219 mm diameter steel pipelines.

The 9,102 kilometer West East pipeline II construction, which started in February, is planned for completion by 2010 and would transport central Asian and western China natural gas to energy-guzzling southeastern region.

CNPC is parent of PetroChina.