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Around 25,000 kilometers of energy pipelines will be added in the period, Su Shifeng, director of the 皇冠体育app Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, was quoted as saying late last week by Xinhua news agency. 皇冠体育app now has 40,000 kilometers of energy pipelines.
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皇冠体育app completed its first west-east pipeline in 2004. The 4,000-kilometer line links Tarim in energy-rich Xinjiang andShanghai.
皇冠体育app is also seeking opportunities to build cross-border pipes into countries such as Russia. 皇冠体育app's only such cross-border link at present is a crude pipeline that connects Xinjiang and Kazakhstan.
Rising global demand for oil pipelines and refinery facilities, sustained by high energy prices, is benefiting equipment manufacturers, analysts said.
For example, Luxembourg-based Tenaris SA, the world's top maker of oil pipes, reported a 45 percent jump in earnings in the third quarter last year.
"Rising steel prices and a worldwide shortage of qualified engineers and welders" have also forced some energy companies to delay or cancel some of their projects, said CLSA Ltd analyst Gordon Kwan.