China will build over 4,000 kilometers of new oil and gas pipelines this year

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China has built over 4,000 kilometers of new oil and gas pipelines this year. Since the beginning of the year, the construction of infrastructure for oil and gas networks in China has accelerated. To date, the length of newly built oil and gas pipelines has exceeded 4,000 kilometers, and the development of a national natural gas network is progressing steadily. 　　The China-Russia East Gas Pipeline, which took nearly 10 years to build, was officially completed across its entire length recently. The pipeline is 5,111 kilometers long, starting in Heihe, Heilongjiang in the north and extending to Shanghai in the south, passing through 9 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). 　　Since the beginning of this year, with the commencement of construction on pipelines such as those from Baise to Wenshan and from Hulin to Changchun, the first section of the West-East Gas Pipeline Project Phase IV has been put into operation successfully, and a new framework for China’s gas pipeline network consisting of \"five vertical lines and five horizontal lines\" is being rapidly established. 　　At present, the total length of China’s main oil and gas pipelines exceeds 100,000 kilometers. The capacity for pipeline transportation has increased from 223 billion cubic meters in 2020 to 394 billion cubic meters at present, representing a growth rate of 76%. The daily gas supply capacity of China’s unified national gas network exceeds 1 billion cubic meters. As planned, by 2025, China’s national natural gas network, which spans from east to west, from north to south, covers the entire country, and connects to overseas areas, will be further improved, thereby enhancing the capacity to ensure supplies of oil and gas.