CNPC, through its subsidiary Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Company, signed an agreement with Tajiktransgaz (Tajikistan) on jointly establishing a natural gas pipeline company to manage the construction of Line D of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline.
Construction of Line D was launched soon after the signing of a 25 bcm/y gas supply increasing agreement between China and Turkmenistan in November 2011. In September 2013, the Chinese Government signed inter-governmental agreements with Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan respectively on Line D project. Currently, the feasibility studies of the project have been completed by Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Company.
Construction of the Tajikistan section of Line D is expected to start within year 2014. The construction of Line A/B/C/D and the auxiliary facilities in China are expected to be completed by end-2020. The pipeline will have a capacity of 80 mcm/y transporting natural gas from Central Asia to China, representing more than 40% of China’s annual gas imports.