Sinopec’s Xinjiang coal-to-gas transmission pipeline project approved by the National Development and Reform Commission

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Sinopec Group issued a press release on October 14 stating that the National Development and Reform Commission has officially approved Sinopec’s Xinjiang coal-to-gas transmission pipeline project (the Xinjiang Pipeline), allowing the project to proceed with construction. 　　As an **approved large-scale energy project, the new pipeline project involves an total investment of over 130 billion yuan. Its main construction components include 1 main pipeline and 6 branch pipelines, with a total length of approximately 8,400 kilometers. The main pipeline starts from Mulei County in Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang, and ends in Shaoguan, Guangdong, with a designed capacity of 30 billion cubic meters per year. 　　The new pipeline is equipped with multiple gas sources. The main gas supply source is coal-to-natural gas produced in the Zhundong Comprehensive Demonstration Zone in Xinjiang (including Sinopec’s 8 billion cubic meter coal-to-gas project and various other coal-to-gas projects in Xinjiang). The long-term gas sources include coal-to-natural gas from the Ili region, conventional natural gas from Sinopec’s Northwest region, as well as coalbed methane and shale gas. At present, the owner entity responsible for the gas source site has obtained approval from the Development and Reform Commission and is actively carrying out preliminary work in an effort to secure approval as soon as possible.