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Rolls-Royce has provided PetroChina with
the gas turbines and compressors for the
West-East China Pipeline Project (WEPP),
stretching 3,900km from the remote Tarim
Basin of the Xinjiang Autonomous region
in the West of China to the heart of Chinese
commerce, Shanghai, in the East.
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Twelve RB211 gas turbine packages drive
RFBB36 centrifugal pipeline compressors.
In addition, Rolls-Royce has provided
eight motor-driven compression sets and
associated controls.
There are two gas turbine compressor units
at each of six stations and two variable
speed motor driven compressor units at
each of four stations.
The project is estimated to cost around
$20 billion, with the pipeline construction
alone costing $5.5 billion.
In December 2005, Rolls-Royce received
a $41 million contract for an additional
three RB211 packages and upgrading of
seven compressors.
The Ningxia Hanas Thermal Power Company
in Yinchuan, China had selected a Rolls-Royce
Trent 60 DLE (Dry Low Emissions) gas turbine
to power one of its combined cycle generating
plants, it is the first industry engine
operated in China.
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