The Shaan–Jing pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in
China
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, which runs from
Jingbian County
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to
Beijing
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and
Tianjin
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.
History
The construction of pipeline started in March 1996 and was completed on 10 September 1997. The Parallel Shaan-Jing Pipeline was completed and put into operation on 20 July 2005.
Route
The first pipeline starts from the gas processing plant in
Changqing gas field Changqing may refer to:
Locations
Changqing may refer to the following locations in China:
*Changqing District (长清区), Jinan, Shandong
*Changqing National Nature Reserve (长青自然保护区), in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi
*Changqing R ...
, in
Shaanxi province
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, and terminates in the
Yamenkou terminal in
Shijingshan district, Beijing. It supplies natural gas to Shanxi,
Hebei
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, Beijing and Tianjin. It also supplies The
Cangzhou
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Fertilizer Plant and
Shandong
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Zibo
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area through Gang-Cang and Cang-Zi lines.
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The Parallel Shaan-Jing Pipeline is supplied from the Sulige Gas Field and it starts from the gas processing plant
Yulin, Shaanxi
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.
[
] The pipeline runs via Shijiazhuang
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to Beijing.[
] By the Ji-Ning branch between the Qingshan and Anping distributing stations the Parallel Shaan-Jing Pipeline is connected to the West–East Gas Pipeline.[
] It is also connected with the underground gas storage of Dagang Oilfield by Gang-Jing line and Gang-Qing line.[
]
Technical features
The length of the pipeline is . The first pipeline has a diameter of and designed pressure of 6.4 MPa. The annual capacity of this pipeline is after several upgradings 4 billion cubic meters of natural gas. The pipeline includes three compressor stations and three underground storage facilities.[
]
The length of the Parallel Shaan-Jing Pipeline is . It has a diameter of and designed pressure of 10 MPa. The capacity of the Parallel Shaan-Jing Pipeline is 12 bcm.[
]
Operator
The pipeline is operated by Beijing Huayou Gas Company.[
] The Parallel Shaan-Jing Pipeline is operated by PetroChina
PetroChina Company Limited () is a Chinese oil and gas company and is the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), headquartered in Dongcheng District, Beijing. The company is currently Asia's largest oil and ga ...
.[
]
See also
* West–East Gas Pipeline
* Sichuan–Shanghai gas pipeline
Sichuan–Shanghai gas pipeline () is a long natural gas pipeline in China. The pipeline runs from Pugang gas field in Dazhou, Sichuan Province, to Qingpu District of Shanghai.
An long branch line connects Yichang in Hubei with Puyang in Hen ...
* Zhongxian–Wuhan Pipeline
The Zhongxian–Wuhan Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline, which connects Sichuan and Chongqing gas fields with consumers in Hubei and Hunan provinces.
History
Preparations of the pipeline project started in 1998 and the project was fully launched ...
References
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Natural gas pipelines in China