Do Wuhan, Changsha, and Guangzhou use natural gas from the West-to-East Gas Pipeline?

Wuhan should have both the West Line 2 and the Chungmu Line. Many of CNOOC’s large coastal stations are used for power generation; they can also be used for gasification and re-injection into the pipeline network, serving as a reserve for peak-load management and emergency situations.

Affected by both the production limitations of the Southwest oil and gas fields and the tight supply situation in Sichuan and Chongqing, the Zhongwu Pipeline began to undergo reverse transportation modifications in May 2010. By the end of that year, Central Asian natural gas was delivered to the Zhongwu Pipeline via the Zaoyang–Shiyan section and the Zhongwei–Huangpi section of the West Route 2, starting from the Xiangfan Gas Transmission Station and the Wuhan West Gas Transmission Station. On December 1, 2010, the Southwest Oil and Gas Field ceased supplying gas to the Chungmu Line. In February 2011, in order to enable gas supply from the Western Second Line to Sichuan and Chongqing, the distribution system at Zhongxian Gas Transmission Station was modified, shifting its function from ensuring a stable gas supply to enabling regular reverse gas transmission. In other words, the Chungmu Line is now operating in reverse. At present, Hubei, Hunan, and Guangzhou are indeed using gas supplied by the West-to-East Gas Pipeline Project Phase II.