China: Boom seen for energy pipelines

China plans to extend its oil and gas pipelines by nearly 63 percent by 2010 to meet rising energy demand, according to the nation’s key pipeline builder.

Around 25,000 kilometers of energy pipelines will be added in the period, Su Shifeng, director of the China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, was quoted as saying late last week by Xinhua news agency. China now has 40,000 kilometers of energy pipelines.
China Daily