Key oil pipeline in China quake zone suspended: Report
The operation of a key oil pipeline in China's quake-hit Sichuan province was suspended today while authorities drained a dangerous 'quake lake' in the area, company officials said.
By PTI |
BEIJING: The operation of a key oil pipeline in China's quake-hit Sichuan province was suspended today while authorities drained a dangerous 'quake lake' in the area, company officials said.
The pipeline, located 60 kilometres downstream from the Tangjiashan lake, halted operations as drainage work on the body of water was accelerated out of concerns for safety, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) officials told Xinhua news agency.
The operations were suspended since the water flowing down from the quake lake would put pressure on the Lanzhou-Chengdu-Chongqing pipeline, said pipeline manager, Du Jingshui.
But supplies to the area would not be affected since the company had 20 days of reserves on hand, Jiang Humin, sales manager of the company's Sichuan branch, told Xinhua.
The company did not say how long the suspension would last.
As the only refined oil pipeline to southwestern China, it supplies 70 per cent of oil-products used in Sichuan and the neighbouring municipality of Chongqing, the company has said.
The pipeline has the capacity to transport more than six million tonnes of oil products a year.
The Tangjiashan lake was created when landslides blocked a river in a particularly remote and mountainous area of Sichuan during the May 12 quake.
The pipeline, located 60 kilometres downstream from the Tangjiashan lake, halted operations as drainage work on the body of water was accelerated out of concerns for safety, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) officials told Xinhua news agency.
The operations were suspended since the water flowing down from the quake lake would put pressure on the Lanzhou-Chengdu-Chongqing pipeline, said pipeline manager, Du Jingshui.
But supplies to the area would not be affected since the company had 20 days of reserves on hand, Jiang Humin, sales manager of the company's Sichuan branch, told Xinhua.
The company did not say how long the suspension would last.
As the only refined oil pipeline to southwestern China, it supplies 70 per cent of oil-products used in Sichuan and the neighbouring municipality of Chongqing, the company has said.
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The pipeline has the capacity to transport more than six million tonnes of oil products a year.
The Tangjiashan lake was created when landslides blocked a river in a particularly remote and mountainous area of Sichuan during the May 12 quake.
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