Interfax-China reported that Jingzhou City in central China Hubei Province is now linked with the Sichuan-Eastern China Natural Gas Pipeline.

According to local gas distributor Jingzhou Natural Gas Co Ltd Jingzhou which consumes between 130,000 to 200,000 cubic meters of gas daily based on seasonal demand is already supplied by the West-East Natural Gas Pipeline.

Jingzhou municipal government expects the SECP to boost natural gas supply for the city six million residents by roughly 30%.

The SECP went on line in August 2010 after three years of construction. The 1,700 kilometer pipeline transmits roughly 12 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually from western China Sichuan Province to Shanghai, supplying gas to more than 200 million residential gas consumers in Hubei, Anhui, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces along the way.

(Sourced from Interfax-China)