A launching ceremony was held at Spring Oilfield in Turpan city on Nov 11 to celebrate operational launch of the Dalaoba-karamay pipeline.

The pipeline was built by Xinjiang Meiye Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Co and is the first in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region to have been constructed by a private enterprise from Karamay.

A launching ceremony was held at the Spring Oilfield of Turpan city, Nov 11, to celebrate that the Dalaoba-karamay pipeline put into operation. [Photo/kelamayi.com.cn]

After a three-year construction period, the 64-kilometer long pipeline can now transport pure viscous oil from Sinopec Group’s Spring Oilfield in Turpan to Karamay Petrochemical Co. Prior to the opening of the pipeline, the crude oil had to be transported by oil tankers, causing environmental damage and financial burden.

The new pipeline is expected to transport in the region of 1.5 million tons of crude oil in its first year operation.

Ren Guibin, deputy director of the Karamay economy committee said, “It will change the mode of oil products transportation in a way of low safety risk and low road pressure, which has great influence on the development of Karamay, even the whole region.”

Li Junjun, deputy mayor of Turpan, delivered a speech during the ceremony. He said the pipeline will deepen cooperation between Turpan and Karamay.

Edited by Jacob Hooson