Sunday, October 20, 2013

China - New Pipeline for Imported Gas


Last UPDATE: October 21


[Source: China Central TV]


中缅天然气管线今贯通 沿线省份气价有望大幅下降

Headline:
China's pipeline for [foreign] natural gas now links up provinces along its line [while] gas prices are expected to drop on a large scale.

央广网北京10月20日消息(记者张棉棉)历时三年建设的中缅天然气管线,今天(20日)即将全线贯通。中缅天然气管线起点位于缅甸西部皎漂港,终点位于我国广西贵港,输气能力为每年120亿立方米。投产后的中缅天然气管线将结束滇、黔、桂地区没有管道天然气的历史,并提高当地居民生活质量,改变当地原有能源结构,预计明年年底广西工业用电量将达到目前的100倍。

News from the Central Network Beijing on October 20 (by Zhang Mian Mian):
Today, [October] 20, the three-year-lasting construction of China's pipeline for [foreign] natural gas is about to join up the whole line. ..... The terminal point is located in Guigang, Guangxi province, and the gas transporting capacity should be 12 billion cubic metre each year. ..... Till the end of next year, electricity needed for industrial use of Guangxi province is being estimated to rise 100 times the present value.


[Source: People's Network 人民网 on October 10, 2013]




中缅天然气管线贯通后将可避免货船绕行马六甲海峡

After the joining up, China's pipeline for [imported] natural
gas will make cargo ships avoid the straits of Malaysia.

[above picture is referring to a parallel running oil pipeline]

[Source: SINA Mil. News 新浪军事 on October 10, 2013]









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