Businessweek: Construction of Third Branch of Uzbekistan-China Gas Pipeline Completed

The construction of the third branch of the gas pipeline running to China has been completed in Uzbekistan, the management of Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company told Trend on Dec.19.

The project cost totaled $2.05 billion.

The source said that the linear part of the gas pipeline has been fully welded and laid throughout its full length. It is expected that the third branch will be filled with gas in Q1 of 2015.

The length of the third branch of the Uzbek section is 530 kilometers, while its design capacity is equal to 25 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

Uzbekistan-China gas pipeline is the section of the CentralAsia-China gas pipeline running through Uzbekistan. The gas pipeline is designed to export natural gas from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to China. MORE