The great gas pipeline

May 2009 News

GE Oil & Gas technology has been selected for one of the largest gas transmission projects in the world. GE will be the primary supplier of compression equipment for the western section of China’s second West-to-East Gas Pipeline.

The second West-to-East pipeline, will be part of the ongoing natural gas pipeline infrastructure in China that, when completed over the course of the next five to six years, will total approximately 20 000 kilometres. This second pipeline, 8700 kilometres in length, will be 2000 kilometres longer than the Great Wall. This monumental pipeline will snake through 13 provinces and autonomous regions, and will play a vital role in supporting the country’s energy security and economic development. When completed, it will add 30 billion cubic metres of natural gas transmission capacity per annum.

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