Background of the West-East Natural Gas Pipeline Project

Since the reform and opening up, China's energy industry has been developing rapidly, but the structure is very unreasonable, and the proportion of coal in primary energy production and consumption is as high as 72%. A large amount of coal burning makes the atmospheric environment deteriorating, the development of clean energy, adjusting the energy structure has been imminent.

The Tarim, Qaidam, Shanxi-Gansu-Ningxia and Sichuan basins in China's western region contain 26 trillion cubic meters of natural gas resources, accounting for about 87% of the country's onshore natural gas resources. In particular, the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang has more than 8 trillion cubic meters of natural gas resources, accounting for 22% of the country's total natural gas resources. The Kucha area in the north of Tarim has more than 2 trillion cubic meters of natural gas resources, which is the richest natural gas resource area in the Tarim Basin, and has the development potential to form a world-class atmospheric area. The discovery of natural gas in the Tarim Basin has made China a major natural gas country after Russia, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Since the 1990s, oil exploration workers in the western part of the basin's crescent-shaped natural gas aggregation belt, has proved 21 large and medium-sized gas fields such as Clarke 2, Hetianhe, Yaoha, Yantak, Yingbuai 7, Yudong 2, Jilak, Tuzilok, Yakla, Tazhong 6, and Kokoya, and discovered oil and gas-bearing formations such as YiNan 2, Dabei 1, and Dinar 1. As of the end of 2005. As of the end of 2005, the geological reserves of natural gas were 680.45 billion cubic meters, and the recoverable reserves were 472.979 billion cubic meters. The Changqing gas area is a replacement area for the west-east gas pipeline, with 10.7 trillion cubic meters of natural gas resources.

West-East Gas Pipeline field exploration and development of all the investment, 67% of the pipeline investment in the central and western regions, the implementation of the project will be a strong boost to the economic development of Xinjiang and other western regions, but also conducive to promoting the industrial structure of the 10 provinces and municipalities along the route, the energy structure adjustment and improve economic efficiency. The west-east gas pipeline can pull the development of machinery, electric power, chemical industry, metallurgy, building materials and other related industries, for the expansion of domestic demand, increase employment has a positive significance