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1. PIPELINES IN ASIA
TOP 3 OIL & GAS
WEST-EAST PIPELINE PROJECT
(WEPP)// CHINA, NATURAL GAS
4 PIPELINES • PETROCHINA / CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (CNPC)
• 4000km passing through 66
cities and 10 provinces
• 17 bcm (600 bn cubic feet)
annual transmission capacity
still in the planning stage
• 7,378km - 5,220km-long main
line and 8 branches
• 30bcm annual capacity at
10-12Mpa
OVERVIEW PIPELINE DETAILS
HORGOS
LUNNAN
SHAOGUAN
FUZHOU
URUMQI
SHANSHAN
YINCHUAN
GUANGZHOU
XI’AN
Shanghai
BEIJING
XIAMEN
WEPP II
WEPP II//
WORLD’S LONGEST
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE
• 9,000km+ (5,592 miles)
• 15 provinces
• linking 10 major pipelines
• $22+bn alone
• 30bcm transmission capacity
A pipeline system for exporting Russian crude oil to the
major Asian markets of Japan, China and Korea.
The pipeline was built in two phases and connects Taishet to
Kozmino, via Kazachinskoe, Skovorodino and Perevoznaya. The
first phase of the pipeline was completed in 2009 and the second
phase was completed in December 2012.
In 2014, an additional three oil pumping stations were added to the
pipeline, bringing the oil pumping capacity of the first phase stations
to a huge 58 million tonnes a year.
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
15+ yrs 45+ bn
20,000 km (12,427 miles)
EASTERN SIBERIA–PACIFIC OCEAN PIPELINE
(ESPO)// SIBERIA, OIL
TRANSEFT • 2 PHASES
• 2,757km (1,713 miles)
• Annual crude oil transfer
capacities of 80m tonnes
• 32 pumping stations
• $14+bn cost
• 1,963km (1,210 miles)
• location chosen because
of the proximity of the
Trans-Siberian railway
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
4,188 km (2,602 miles)
KAZAKHSTAN-CHINA PIPELINE
KAZAKHSTAN AND CHINA, OIL
CHINESE NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND KAZMUNAIGAZ • 2 PHASES
The Kazakhstan-China pipeline transports crude oil from
western Kazakhstan to the Dushanzi refinery located in the
Xinjiang Province of China.
The pipeline directly links Kazakhstan's huge oil resources in the Caspian
Sea with China's strong oil consumer market where there is a growing
demand for energy. The pipeline has three segments in total and
construction was carried out in two phases.
The first phase section starts at Atyrau and ends at Kenkiyak. The
second phase included construction of the Kenkiyak to Kumkol sections in
central Kazakhstan and finally the Atasu to Alashankou (China) stretch.
CHALLENGING CLIMATE
It is a seismically active area
with a lack of infrastructure,
extreme temperatures and
heavy floods
ALATAW
ALANSHANKOU
448KM 962KM
Atyrau
• capacity of ten million tons
a year (mt/y)
• 813mm diameter pipeline
• 5 years after construction
the pipeline had transported
more than 30mt of crude oil
• the pipeline helps to
support the growing
energy demand
within China
KEY POINTS
SOURCES//
WWW.NESGLOBALTALENT.COM
4+ yrs 3 bn
2,798 km (1738 miles)
Oil from Kazakhstan enters China, via an
oil meterage station in Alanshankou
PHASE 1
became operational 2003
PHASE 2
became operational 2009
ATASU
KENKIYAK
• http://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Hong Kong
NES Presence
in areas of seismic activity pipes
have a three-layer coating of extruded
polyethylene to prevent spillage
720mm
diameter up to
1,220mm
KOZMINO
KHABAROVSK
TAISHET
UST-KUT
LENSK
ALDAN
TYNDA
The Skovorodino sections runs to the
Pacific Ocean terminal at Kozmino
A branch from Skovorodino
supplies Daqing, in China
Sakhalinski
Yokohama
MOHE
DAQING
SKOVORODINO
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
NES Presence
This project is just one of the major natural gas transmission
projects designed to connect the eastern markets of China with
western resources.
The pipelines traverse plateaus, mountains, deserts and rivers in order to link
the 560,000 square kilometre Tarim Basin in Xinjiang Autonomous Region
and Turkmenistan with the Yangtze Delta and Pearl Delta regions. The basin
has enormous gas resources with proven reserves of 532.9 billion cubic
metres and prospective reserves of up to one trillion cubic metres.
With the pipelines in place, it is estimated that coal usage has reduced by
over 75 million tons, meaning that China’s greenhouse gas emissions
have reduced by 130 million tons of CO2
and 1.44 million tons of SO2
.