The Zhongxian–Wuhan Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline, which connects
Sichuan
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and
Chongqing
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gas fields with consumers in
Hubei
Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...
and
Hunan
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provinces.
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History
Preparations of the pipeline project started in 1998 and the project was fully launched in March 2001. The feasibility study was approved by the Chinese State Council on 13 November 2002.[
] Construction of the pipeline started on 28 August 2003 and was completed on 1 July 2005.[
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Route
The pipeline runs from Zhong County
Zhong County or Zhongxian () is a county of Chongqing Municipality, China. The name "Zhong" (忠) means "loyalty." It is named after the historical story of General Ba Manzi, who chose to be killed to keep his Kingdom together. Emperor 李世民 ...
in Chongqing to Wuhan
Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...
. The trunk pipeline has three branch pipelines from Jingzhou
Jingzhou ( zh, s=, c=荆州, t=, p=Jīngzhōu) is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei province, China, located on the banks of the Yangtze River. Its total residential population was 5,231,180 based on the Seventh National Population Censu ...
to Xiangfan
Xiangyang is the second-largest prefecture-level city by population in northwestern Hubei province, China. It was known as Xiangfan from 1950 to 2010. The Han River runs through Xiangyang's centre and divides the city north–south. The ci ...
, from Qianjiang to Xiangtan
Xiangtan ( zh, s=湘潭) is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal P ...
and from Wuhan to Huangshi
Huangshi ( zh, s= , t= , p=Huángshí), alternatively romanized as Hwangshih, is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Hubei province, People's Republic of China.
Its population was 2,469,079 inhabitants at the 2020 census; 1,567,108 of whom ...
and Huaiyang connecting it with the West–East Gas Pipeline.[
] The length of pipeline is and the total length together with branch pipelines is .[
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Technical features
The pipeline has a diameter of . The initial capacity is per annum. It cost around 5 billion Chinese yuan
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Operator
The 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 ...
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See also
*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 ...
* Shaan–Jing pipeline
References
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2005 establishments in China
Buildings and structures completed in 2005
Natural gas pipelines in China
Buildings and structures in Chongqing
Economy of Chongqing
Buildings and structures in Wuhan
2005 in Wuhan