The China National Petroleum Corporation has placed a second natural gas processing plant serving the Sulige field into operation, in order to carry natural gas directly to Beijing through the second Shaan-Jing gas pipeline.
The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) gas plant, comprising three sets of deoiling and dehydration units, six sets of gas compressors, and auxiliary facilities such as flare stacks, has an annual processing capacity of five billion cubic meters (bcm) and is reportedly the largest of its kind in China.
The first plant, which went onstream in 2006, has an annual processing capacity of three billion cubic meters.
The Sulige gas field currently has a daily output of 15 million cubic meters of natural gas. With the second plant going into service, the equipment load and operating pressure of the first plant can be moderated in order to a ensure safe and sufficient gas supply to the Shaan-Jing gas pipelines.