Line C of Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline is Commissioned

The third line, Line C, of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline has been commissioned.

According to a statement issued by CNPC on Tuesday, on May 31 natural gas began being transferred from Turkmenistan to Uzbekistan, indicating the new transnational pipeline jointly built by CNPC and its Central Asian counterparts has become operational.

Upon completion of all its supporting facilities by the end of 2015, Line C will reach its designed annual deliverability of 25 billion cubic meters, says CNPC. By then, the overall delivery capacity of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline will hit 55 billion cubic meters per annum.

The 1,830km-long Line C runs parallel with Line A and Line B, starting from Gedaim on the border of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and entering China at Horgos, Xinjiang, to link up with the Third West-East gas pipeline.

Construction of Line C was started in September 2012, and work on the pipeline was completed at the end of 2013.