Tibet Natural Gas Pipeline

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Tibet Natural Gas Pipeline 青藏天然气管道 (格尔木-拉萨) is a proposed gas pipeline in China.

Location

The pipeline runs between Golmud, Qinghai and Lhasa, Tibet, China.

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Project details

• Parent company: PipeChina
• Capacity: 1.27 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 1153 kilometers
• Diameter: 559 mm
• Cost: 624.46 million RMB
• Status: proposed

Background

The pipeline source is the Sebei Gas Field, at South of Qaidam Basin. In October 2020 ownership of the pipeline was transferred from CNPC to PipeChina. The project is listed in Qinghai 14th Five-Year plan for Comprehensive Transportation System Development (2021-2025) as a "construction-start" project, but no construction by the mid of 2024.