On July 29, the Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline was inaugurated in northern Myanmar’s Mandalay and started to deliver gas to China.
Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun, Energy Ministers U Than Htay and U Zeya Aung, China National Energy Administration Deputy Director Zhang Yuqing, and a South Korean representative jointly started up the commissioning button.
Myanmar Vice President U Nyan Tun said at the commissioning ceremony that operation of the gas pipeline and its distribution system in Myanmar would improve Myanmar’s economy by boosting energy supplies and fueling industrialization. He especially expressed his appreciation to the project company for its outstanding works in environmental protection and care to local communities during pipeline construction.
The Myanmar-China Gas Pipeline runs 793km from Kyaukphyu, in Rakhine State, Myanmar, to Ruili in Yunnan Province, China, with a pipe diameter of 1,016mm and annual delivery capacity of 12 billion cubic meters. It is jointly invested, built and operated by China National Petroleum Corp, Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise, Daewoo International Corp, Korea Gas Corp, Oil India Ltd and GAIL India Ltd. Construction of the pipeline began in June 2010.