STORY: Transnational gas pipeline witnesses China-Central Asia energy cooperation
DATELINE: Aug. 23, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:58
LOCATION: Nur-Sultan
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SONG XIAONING, Head of a gas compressor station of China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZUO DONG, Staff, SINO-PIPELINE International Company
4. various of the Horgos initial compressor station
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YUAN TAO, Staff, PipeChina West Pipeline Company

STORYLINE:

The Amu Darya Natural Gas Project is located in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan, a Central Asian inland country.

The natural gas project has an annual output of over 10 billion cubic meters, with a peak production of 41 million cubic meters per day.

After being extracted and processed, the natural gas is sent to the southern region of Uzbekistan, where it flows into the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SONG XIAONING, Head of a gas compressor station of China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline
"This is the first gas compressor station of the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline. Starting from this station, natural gas from Turkmenistan will be transported to China, passing through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan."

The China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline is China's first transnational gas pipeline.

In Central Asia, some sections of the pipeline run parallel to the ancient Silk Road. Therefore, it's also dubbed the "Energy Silk Road."

SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZUO DONG, Staff, SINO-PIPELINE International Company
"The China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline has four gas sources, two of which are from Turkmenistan, which account for about three-quarters of the total intake valves."

Starting from the first station, the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline winds its way for nearly 2,000 kilometers until it reaches Horgos in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Here, the pipeline links up with China's West-to-East Gas Pipeline.

SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YUAN TAO, Staff, PipeChina West Pipeline Company
"The compressor is like the 'heart' of the long-distance natural gas pipeline. The Horgos initial compressor station has eight such 'hearts.' The total power of the compressors exceeds 240 megawatts. They can pressurize over 2,000 cubic meters of natural gas per second."

According to PipeChina West Pipeline Company, by the end of last year, the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline had delivered a total of 423.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China since its operation in 2009.

The pipeline has provided gas for more than 500 million residents in 27 provincial-level regions and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nur-Sultan.
(XHTV)