Reflecting renewed urgency, CNPC last week launched the feasibility study for a 200km connection from Xinjiang’s border with Kyrgyzstan to the Chinese town of Wuqia as the first receiving point, said a senior source. — Reuters
SINGAPORE: China is accelerating the building of a long-delayed Central Asian pipeline to source gas from Turkmenistan even as Russia pushes its own new Siberian connection as Beijing juggles its energy security needs with diplomatic priorities.
Beijing is keen to bolster Central Asian ties under its Belt and Road Initiative, but nearly a decade after construction began, the “Line D” project has been hobbled by complex price talks and the technical hurdles of laying a pipeline crossing another three central Asian nations, Chinese state oil officials said.
