PipeChina has commenced building the second pipeline linking Southwest China's Sichuan to the eastern coastal areas, with an annual natural gas transmission capacity of 20 billion cubic meters, according to open sources.
The pipeline has a total length of 4,269 km, passing through eight provinces and cities including Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian. It will join the current pipeline grid such as the first Sichuan-East Gas Pipeline, the West-East Gas Pipeline and the Jiangsu-Anhui Pipeline, which will further promote the coordinated development of central and western regions with eastern coastal areas.
After the pipeline is completed, the annual transportation capacity of Sichuan-to-East Gas Pipeline will increase to 35 billion cubic meters. This will lift natural gas's proportion in China's primary energy consumption structure by more than 0.3 percentage points and is of great significance for promoting energy structure adjustment and green transition.
China Natural Gas Pipeline Projects Proposed/in Construction
Pipeline |
Affiliated Group |
Start & End |
Route |
Annual Transmission Capacity (BCM) |
Length (km) |
Operation Time (E) |
Sinopec Xinjiang Coal-to-Gas Pipeline Project (Xinjiang-Guangdong- Zhejiang SNG Pipeline) |
PipeChina |
Mulei in Xinjiang - Shaoguan in Guangdong |
/ |
30 |
4,159 |
2020 (Delayed) |
Mengxi Coal-to-Gas Pipeline Phase I Subsequent Project |
CNOOC |
Ordos in Inner Mongolia - Huanghua in Hebei |
Hohhot, Shuozhou, Datong, Baoding, Langfang and Tianjin |
30 |
1,279 |
Delayed |
Southern Section of China-Russia East Natural Gas Pipeline Project |
PipeChina |
Yongqing in Hebei - Shanghai |
Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Shanghai |
38 |
1,509 |
2025 |
Beijing Gas Tianjin LNG Terminal |
Beijing Gas Group |
Tianjin - Beijing |
Tianjin, Hebei and Beijing |
4.5 |
229 |
2022 |
PipeChina Mengxi Pipeline Phase I Project |
PipeChina |
Tianjin - Dingxing in Hebei |
Tianjin and Hebei |
6.6 |
413.5 |
Operation |
Haixi Natural Gas Pipeline Network Phase II Project (Fuzhou - Sanming Section) |
PipeChina |
Fuzhou - Sanming |
Lianjiang County, Jin'an District, Minhou County, and Minqing County in Fuzhou City, Yanping District in Nanping City, Youxi County, Shaxian District, and Sanyuan District in Sanming City |
/ |
286.6 |
/ |
Middle Section of the third West-East Gas Pipeline Project |
PipeChina |
Zhongwei in Ningxia - Ji'an in Jiangxi |
Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi |
25 |
2,090 |
/ |
West-East Gas Pipeline Project (Turpan - Zhongwei Section) |
PipeChina |
Turpan in Xinjiang - Zhongwei in Ningxia |
Xinjiang, Gansu and Ningxia |
/ |
1,745 |
2024 |
Second Line of Sichuan-East Gas Transmission Project (Sichuan-Chongqing-Hubei Section) |
PipeChina |
Weiyuan/Luxian - Qianjiang |
/ |
20 |
1,576 |
2024 |
Shandong East Main Line Natural Gas Pipeline Project |
PipeChina |
Shandong |
Yantai, Qingdao, Weifang, Rizhao and Linyi |
13.9 |
524.5 |
/ |
Second Line of Sichuan-East Gas Transmission Project |
PipeChina |
Sichuan - Fujian |
Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian |
20 |
4,269 |
/ |
Fourth Line of West-East Gas Pipeline Project |
PipeChina |
Wuqia in Xinjiang – Zhongwei in Ningxia |
Xinjiang, Gansu and Ningxia |
/ |
3,340 |
2024 |
Fourth Line of West-East Gas Pipeline Project (Xinjiang Section) |
PipeChina |
/ |
Xinjiang |
/ |
583 |
2024 |
Source: OilChem
Written by Sunny Fang, fss@oilchem.net
Edited by Aggie Hu, huchenying@mysteel.com