PetroChina's Shaanxi-Beijing Pipe Hits Milestone
PetroChina-operated Shaanxi-Beijing pipeline system has transported more than 40bn m3 of gas this year, a record, CNPC, PetroChina’s parent company said December 5.
The four Shaanxi-Beijing pipelines have carried 40.2bn m3 of gas since the start of the year. The company’s target is to transport 44.78bn m3 through the pipelines in 2018, an increase of 6.13bn m3 compared with last year, CNPC said. At present Beijing depends on Shaanxi-Beijing gas pipeline network for most of its gas supply. The pipelines also supply to Tianjin, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan.
According to CNPC, since its commissioning 21 years ago, the gas transmission volume of the Shaanxi-Beijing pipeline system has increased from 0.2bn m3/yr in 1997 to more than 40bn m3/yr in 2018.
China’s gas demand has been on an uptrend since early-2017 owing to government's aggressive coal-to-gas push.