| Lanzhou–Chengdu Pipeline | |
| Type: | Crude oil |
| Country: | China |
| Direction: | North–south |
| Start: | Lanzhou |
| Through: | Gansu Shaanxi Sichuan |
| Finish: | Pengzhou |
| Owner: | China National Petroleum Corporation |
| Construction: | November 2010 |
| Est: | March 2013 |
| Length: | 880 |
| Discharge Bbl D: | 0.02008 |
| Diameter In: | 24 |
The Lanzhou–Chengdu Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline in China. Connected to the Ürümqi–Lanzhou pipeline, it transports crude oil produced in Xinjiang as also imported through the Kazakhstan–China oil pipeline to south-western China. Among other customers it supplies the Pengzhou refinery. The pipeline is owned by China National Petroleum Corporation.[1]
The pipeline project was announced in 2007 and it was approved in September 2010. Construction started in November 2010.[2] The pipeline was completed in March 2013.[1]
The 880km (550miles) pipeline starts at the Lanzhou terminal and finish at the Pengzhou terminal. It runs through Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces.[3] [4] En route it traverse China's most challenging terrain, including the Qin Mountains.[3]
Capacity of the pipeline is, equal to 10 million tons per year.[1] [4] The pipeline has a diameter of 24inches. It uses X65 spiral submerged-arc-welded pipes.[5] Its maximum working pressure is, and its hydraulic head is . It has the highest pipe pressure and largest hydraulic head among the pipelines in China.[3] [5]
The cost about US$527 million.[2]