On January 30, the Xionggu pipeline automatic welding machine service team learned from the project office of the middle section (Zhongwei Ji'an) project (Zhongwei Zaoyang section) of the 3rd West to East gas pipeline that the engineering equipment and construction personnel at the construction site of the first lot of the project have arrived and are now fully resuming work and working hard to catch up with the schedule.

Fig.: Xionggu pipeline automatic welding machine for Xionggu pipeline in the middle section of the 3^rd West to East pipeline project

The first lot of the middle section of the 3rdWest to East gas pipeline (Zhongwei Zaoyang) has a total length of 158.22 km, a pipe diameter of 1219 mm, and a design pressure of 10 MPa. The whole line has two sections, passing through Shapotou District, Zhongning County, Tongxin County, Wuzhong City and Pengyang County, Guyuan City. As of February 1, 109.62 kilometers of welding, 87.84 kilometers of corrosion prevention, 65.966 kilometers of trench laying and 53.529 kilometers of backfill have been completed.