CNPC expects that natural gas supplies from Central Asia to China will begin to gain momentum
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) reported that its oil and gas production in countries and regions participating in the Belt and Road Initiative exceeded 80 million metric tons for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, and the combined annual trade volume of the two energy resources reached 250 million tons.
CNPC also expects that natural gas supplies from Central Asia to China via the China-Central Asia trunk pipeline will begin to gain momentum as construction of the fourth line is in full swing, China Daily writes.
The company said it will speed up the construction of Line D of the China-Central Asia gas pipeline. With a design gas transportation capacity of 30 billion cubic meters per year, line D will pass through the territory of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The existing lines A, B and C allow the passage of 55 billion cubic meters of blue fuel per year.
According to CNPC, in 2022, 42 billion cubic meters of natural gas were supplied via the China-CA gas pipeline, the daily throughput capacity is 100 million cubic meters. From its launch in 2009 until the end of 2022, 423 billion cubic meters of gas passed through the pipeline. The resource base of the gas pipeline is the fields in Turkmenistan.
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