Workers cheer as natural gas from the Lunnan station of the Tarim natural gas field in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region enters the Jingbian compression station in northwest China's Shaanxi Province at about 11:50 a.m. Sept 6, 2004. The gas entrance marked the west-east gas pipeline's readiness for actual use, and the convergence of the Tarim natural gas field with Changqing gas field, starting point of the eastern section of the 4,000-km-long pipeline project.

Workers cheer as natural gas from the Lunnan station of the Tarim natural gas field in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region enters the Jingbian compression station in northwest China's Shaanxi Province at about 11:50 a.m. Sept 6, 2004. The gas entrance marked the west-east gas pipeline's readiness for actual use, and the convergence of the Tarim natural gas field with Changqing gas field, starting point of the eastern section of the 4,000-km-long pipeline project.

A worker operates as natural gas from the Lunnan station of the Tarim natural gas field in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region enters the Jingbian compression station in northwest China's Shaanxi Province at about 11:50 a.m. Sept 6, 2004. The gas entrance marked the west-east gas pipeline's readiness for actual use, and the convergence of the Tarim natural gas field with Changqing gas field, starting point of the eastern section of the 4,000-km-long pipeline project.

A worker checks as natural gas from the Lunnan station of the Tarim natural gas field in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region enters the Jingbian compression station in northwest China's Shaanxi Province at about 11:50 a.m. Sept 6, 2004. The gas entrance marked the west-east gas pipeline's readiness for actual use, and the convergence of the Tarim natural gas field with Changqing gas field, starting point of the eastern section of the 4,000-km-long pipeline project.