China's 2nd west-east gas pipeline at full flow   

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記者30日從中國石油獲悉，中國石油西氣東輸二線工程廣州—南寧支干線已從28日開始投產，天然氣于30日到達南寧。

Beijing (CNS)-- China's second west-to-east gas pipeline, the world's longest, became fully operational Sunday when natural gas reached the last section of the Guangzhou-Nanning line, PetroChina has said.

The 8,704-kilometer pipeline includes one trunk line and eight regional lines, and traverses 15 provincial regions and the Hong Kong SAR. It is connected to 20 other pipelines that are under construction, creating a network of natural gas covering 40,000 square kilometers, the company said.

With an investment of about 142.2 billion yuan (US$21.88 billion), the project can carry 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas, it also said.