CNPC Starts Work on China-Myanmar Oil, Gas Pipeline

Construction work on two and gas pipelines between China and Myanmar has started, China National Petroleum Corporation said.

CNPC’s subsidiary, Southeast Asia Pipeline Company, is looking after the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the project.

Southeast Asia Pipeline Company had signed the deal with the Myanmar National Oil and Gas Company last week.

The two pipelines with length of 1,100 kilometres will run from Kyaukpyu port on Myanmar's west coast and enter China at Ruili, Yunnan Province. The pipelines will have oil capacity of 22 million tonnes per year, while the natural gas pipeline has a designed transport capacity of 12 billion cubic meters annually.