The Shaan–Jing pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in China

China

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, which runs from Jingbian County

Jingbian County

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 to Beijing

Beijing

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 and Tianjin

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

Changqing

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 gas field, in Shaanxi province

Shaanxi

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, and terminates in the Yamenkou terminal in Shijingshan district, Beijing. It supplies natural gas to Shanxi, Hebei

Hebei

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, Beijing and Tianjin. It also supplies The Cangzhou

Cangzhou

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 Fertilizer Plant and Shandong

Shandong

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 Zibo

Zibo

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 area through Gang-Cang and Cang-Zi lines.

The Parallel Shaan-Jing Pipeline is supplied from the Sulige Gas Field and it starts from the gas processing plant Yulin, Shaanxi

Yulin, Shaanxi

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. The pipeline runs via Shijiazhuang

Shijiazhuang

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 to Beijing. By the Ji-Ning branch between the Qingshan

Qingshanhu District

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 and Anping

Anping County

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 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 918 kilometres (570.4 mi). The first pipeline has a diameter of 660 millimetres (26 in) 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 935 kilometres (581 mi). It has a diameter of 1016 millimetres (40 in) 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

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.

See also

• West–East Gas Pipeline
• Sichuan–Shanghai gas pipeline
• Zhongxian–Wuhan Pipeline