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World's longest natural gas pipeline in operation
Updated: 2011-06-30 13:25
(Xinhua)
BEIJING -- China's second east-west natural gas pipeline went into operation on Thursday.
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The pipeline is the world's longest, with a total length of 8,700 km. The pipeline was built with 142.2 billion yuan ($21.98 billion) in investments.
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