CREP South-Section Runs into Full Construction
According to PipeChina, the seventh sub-section of China-Russia Natural Gas Pipeline East Route (CREP) has been kicked off on January 6, 2020, marking that all sub-sections have been put into construction across Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Shanghai provinces and municipalities, and the commissioning data is expected to be earlier than expected from previous planned 2025 to 2022-2023.
After putting the south section into service, CREP is then capable to transmit 18.9 bcma natural gas from Russia to the Yangtze River Delta passing by Northeast China and North China. Besides, CREP (Yongqing-Shanghai), WEP I, WEP II Shanghai branch and Jiangsu-Rudong Line can achieve interconnection, which greatly improves the energy transportation environment, effectively improves the emergency guarantee capability of gas grid, and meets the natural gas industry development need and the city gas demand in the Yangtze River Delta. The south section can help East China to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 81,440kt, reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by 900kt, reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 230kt, and reduce dust emissions by 420kt. Thus, the project will significantly improve the atmospheric environment and reduce environmental pollution in the Yangtze River Delta.
