Pipe damage cuts gas supply for N Chinese city

Email|Print|Comments       twitter     facebook     Sina Microblog     reddit    

SHIJIAZHUANG, Nov. 24-- Natural gas supply was cut for the north China city of Xingtai after a major pipeline was damaged by construction workers in the early hours on Sunday.

The natural gas transmission trunk was damaged in Neiqiu County, Hebei Province, when construction workers were carrying out a digging operation, firefighters with Xingtai City told Xinhua.

Neiqiu is under the jurisdiction of Xingtai, which has a population of around seven million.

Household heating and cooking downstream in Xingtai were seriously affected due to the rupture of the pipeline, which is about one meter in diameter.

Firefighters and gas workers are repairing the pipe. It is unclear when it will resume operations.

No blasts or casualties were reported following the accident.

• Deal pipeline running hot
• Pipeline attacks in northern Iraq halt oil flow to Turkey
• China-Myanmar pipelines to be completed in May
• Oil pipeline bombed in southeast Yemen
• China-Myanmar pipelines not affected by border conflict
• South Sudan to build new pipeline
• Belarus receives 2.5 billion U.S. dollars for stake in gas pipeline
• More fuel price reforms in pipeline
• New Sino-Russian pipeline delivers 1.3 mln tonnes of crude oil in 1st month
• LPG pipeline blast injures 18 in east China's residential quarters

We Recommend

• Finland has more eggs in the Chinese basket than any other
• In pictures: PLA's digital equipment
• Protesters demonstrate during UN Climate Change Conference in Poland
• Self-made farmer billionaire donates 69 villas at hometown
• Demolition of bizarre rooftop villa in Beijing still in progress
• Service seminar for E China train attendants
• Supermodel-turned-designer
• Cheerleaders light up CBA regular season
• Finland--anytime you want is right time to go: Ambassador