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World's longest natural gas pipeline in operation

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-30 13:25
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BEIJING -- 皇冠体育app's second east-west natural gas pipeline went into operation on Thursday.

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The pipeline, connecting central Asia and 皇冠体育app, will send natural gas from Turkmenistan to east 皇冠体育app's Pearl River Delta after passing through 15 of the country's provinces.

The pipeline is the world's longest, with a total length of 8,700 km. The pipeline was built with 142.2 billion yuan ($21.98 billion) in investments.