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CNPC and Uzbekneftegaz to launch JV for the fourth line of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline in Uzbekistan

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) will establish a joint venture with Uzbekistan state oil company Uzbekneftegaz to build and operate Line D of the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline in Uzbekistan. Upon operation of Line D, the Central Asia-China Gas Pipeline will be able to deliver 85 billion cubic meters of gas annually, making it the largest gas transmission system in Central Asia, CNPC said in a press release on its website. CNPC and Uzbekneftegaz also intended to build a natural gas chemical plant at Uzbekneftegaz’s Mubarek Gas Processing Plant to produce polyethylene and liquefied gas aiming at the Central Asian markets.