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Summary Information

* Source: Tarim Basin
* Destination: Shanghai
* Ownership: Petrochina
* Website: http://www.petrochina.com.cn/
* Length: 4,200 kilometres ( miles)
* Capacity: per day
* Status Operating

+++ Details
* The longest pipeline in China
* A 4200 kilometer pipeline to transmit the natural gas from Tarim Basin to Shanghai and Zhejiang Province via Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu
* The eastern section of the West-East Pipeline is of 1485 kilometers in length, extending from Jingbian in Shaanxi to Shanghai.

+++ Contractors

* **UniversalPegasus:** Natural gas pipeline feasibility and cost-‐estimate study and completed basic engineering

+++ History
* 2001 - Bidding process for construction
* 2003 - Jingbian-Shanghai Section Commences Trial Operation
* 2003 - Western Section of West-East Gas Pipeline Completes Welding
* 2004 - West-East Gas Pipeline Project Begins Commercial Operation

+++ Other Information
* The Pipeline is a massive project as revealed by the following facts: more than 30 million cubic meters of earth and stone were dug and moved, an effort equal to laying a one-meter-wide and height road long enough to circle the earth; 1.74 million tons of rolled steel was used. There are 350,000 welding lines along the 4,000-kilometer pipeline and the total circumference reaching over 1,100 kilometers. It took just over 4 years to complete the project

+++ Links
# [[Universalpegasus International Pipeline References]]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:west-east-gas-pipeline-s-jingbian-shanghai-section-c West-East Gas Pipeline's Jingbian-Shanghai Section Commences Trial Operation]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:western-section-of-west-east-gas-pipeline-completes Western Section of West-East Gas Pipeline Completes Welding]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:west-east-gas-pipeline-project-begins-commercial-ope West-East Gas Pipeline Project Begins Commercial Operation]
# [http://killajoules.wikidot.com/archive:petrochina-issues-bid-sheets-nineteen-foreign-compan PetroChina Issues Bid Sheets Nineteen Foreign Companies Pass Prequalification Evaluation for West-To-East Pipeline Project]

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