Pipeline that leaked in use for 27 years: Sinopec

Source: Xinhua | November 23, 2013, Saturday |

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The pipeline that leaked crude oil and caused a deadly blast yesterday in east China's port city of Qingdao has been in use for 27 years, Sinopec said on its microblog today.

Sinopec, operator of the pipeline and the country's largest oil refiner, refuted earlier media reports that the leaks occurred at a pipeline that went into operation in August.

The leaking pipeline, which has been in use since July 1986, measures 711 mm in diameter and runs 248.52 km, with an annual oil transfer capacity of 10 million tons, the company said on its microblog.

The blast, which occurred at 10:30 am yesterday at an intersection in the city's Huangdao District, has killed at least 47 people, the local government said.

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Pipeline that leaked in use for 27 years: Sinopec

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