Sinopec to Commission Shale Gas Pipeline in Fuling

China's state owned energy major Sinopec Corp. is expected to commission a shale gas transmission pipeline in Fuling area later this month.

According to Xinhua Finance, the 134-km pipeline will be able to transit 6 billion cubic meters of shale gas each year out of the Fuling area in Chongqing municipality.

Earlier this week, Sinopec said that shale gas well 6-2HF in Fuling area of southwest China's Chongqing municipality generated total output of over 150 million cubic meters till April 2.

It is estimated that the well has over 300 million cubic meters of recoverable reserves, Xinhua Finance said.

Last year, Sinopec’s Fuling field was verified by Chinese government as country’s largest shale gas play. The Ministry of Land and Resources verified proven reserves of nearly 107 billion cubic metres (bcm) in the Fuling shale gas field.