July 4, 2002 (May 24), Horse, West-East Gas Transmission Project started across the board. project the western development


iconic --- West-East Gas Pipeline Project across the board started this Xinjiang Korla segment, the construction site. (TodayinHistory.cn)
in 2002, the West-East Gas Transmission Project groundbreaking ceremony was held in Beijing.
Investment Group and China National Petroleum Corporation jointly invested by Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon Mobil, the Russian natural gas industry shares of companies building a West-East Gas Pipeline Project, China Holdings. Engineering west Xinjiang round of the South, passing through 10 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, a total length of 4000 km and a designed annual gas transmission capacity of 12 billion cubic meters, the pipeline project to invest more than 400 billion, in the downstream total investment of about 140 billion yuan. The pipeline project through the Gobi desert, the Loess Plateau, the Taihang Mountains, across the Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, China's current longest, largest investment, the largest gas transmission capacity, the most complex construction conditions gas pipeline. Since August 2000, the State Council approved the West-East project to interested parties in the organization and coordination of the West-East Gas Pipeline Project construction leading group, has done a lot of intensive work, the successful completion of the preparatory. It started construction marks the western development and the adjustment of energy structure and has made major strides.
West-East Gas Pipeline Project in the gas fields in Tarim, Xinjiang Korla, Shaanxi the Yanchuan Loess Plateau, Jiangsu Wuxi New Area and Shanghai Baihe Town, five construction sites at the same time started.