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ASIA’S BIGGEST
OIL & GAS
PIPELINES

2. 01 WEST-EAST PIPELINE
PROECT (WEPP)//
CHINA, NATURAL GAS
designed to connect the
eastern markets of China
with western resources
Petrochina /
CNPC

3. 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.
01 | WEPP

4. 01 | WEPP
15+ years
45+ bn
20,000 km (12,427 miles)
4 pipelines

5. • 9,000km+ (5,592 miles)
• 15 provinces
• linking 10 major pipelines
• $22+bn alone
• 30bcm transmission capacity
01 | WEPP
WEPP II//
WORLD’S LONGEST
NATURAL GAS PIPELINE

6. The pipelines have reduced coal usage 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.
01 | WEPP

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8. 02 EASTERN SIBERIA–
PACIFIC OCEAN PIPELINE
(ESPO)// SIBERIA, OIL
Transeft
A pipeline system for
exporting Russian crude
oil to major Asian markets

9. There are two phases to
the pipeline:
PHASE 1
• 2,757km (1,713 miles)
• Annual crude oil transfer
capacities of 80m tonnes
• 32 pumping stations
• $14+bn cost
PHASE 2
• 1,963km (1,210 miles)
• location chosen because
of the proximity of the
Trans-Siberian railway
02 | ESPO

10. 02 | ESPO
4,188 km (2,602 miles)

11. In areas of seismic activity pipes
have a three-layer coating of extruded
polyethylene to prevent spillage
02 | ESPO

12. 02 | ESPO
In 2014, an additional three oil pumping
stations were added to the pipeline,
bringing the oil pumping capacity of the
first phase stations to an enormous
58 million tonnes a year.

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14. 03 KAZAKHSTAN-CHINA
PIPELINE, OIL
Transports crude oil from
western kazakhstan to the
Dushanzi refinery located in
the Xinjiang province of China
CNPC /
Kazmunaigaz

15. Oil from Kazakhstan enters
China via an oil meterage
station in Alanshankou
03 | K-C

16. CHALLENGING CLIMATE
It is a seismically active area with
a lack of infrastructure, extreme
temperatures and heavy floods.
03 | K-C

17. 03 | K-C
• 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

18. 4+ years 3+ bn
2,798 km (1,738 miles)
03 | K-C

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