The West–East Gas Pipeline ( Chinese : 西气东输 ) is a set of natural gas pipelines which run from the western part of China to the east.
79-465: PetroChina Pipelines is a subsidiary (72.26%) of PetroChina that managed the first three pipelines of the project. The construction of the West–East Gas Pipeline started in 2002. The pipeline was put into trial operation on 1 October 2004, and the full commercial supply of natural gas commenced on 1 January 2005. The pipeline is owned and operated by PetroChina West–East Gas Pipeline Company,
158-707: A Hang Seng Index Constituent Stock , effective 10 December 2007. PetroChina also came under scrutiny from international organizations for its part in trading with the Sudanese government as it undertook the war in Darfur . On 19 August 2009, PetroChina signed an A$ 50 billion deal with ExxonMobil to purchase liquefied natural gas from the Gorgon field in Western Australia, considered the largest contract ever signed between China and Australia, which ensures China
237-536: A market capitalisation of £ 4.656bn, the 85th-largest of any company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. The company's registered office is at Kings Place , near Kings Cross in London . Rolls-Royce grew from the engineering business of Henry Royce , which was established in 1884 and ten years later began to manufacture dynamos and electric cranes. Charles Rolls established
316-481: A $ 100 million contract to provide gas turbines for oil platforms. In October 2016 a joint Guardian and BBC investigation alleged widespread corruption by Rolls-Royce through middlemen in foreign countries including Brazil, India, China, Indonesia, South Africa, Angola, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Rolls-Royce became subject to a major SFO investigation. In 2013 media reported allegations from two American ex-employees that thousands of
395-400: A $ 4.2 billion public tender offer for 100 per cent of the share capital of Tognum AG , the owner of MTU Friedrichshafen – a leading high-speed industrial and marine diesel engine manufacturer, which was completed using a 50:50 joint venture company. Rolls-Royce and Daimler AG intend that the joint venture company, which also now incorporates Rolls-Royce's existing Bergen engine business,
474-412: A 100% owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce plc. Optimized Systems and Solutions Limited (formerly known as Data Systems & Solutions) was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Rolls-Royce plc and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). In early 2006, SAIC exited the joint venture agreement, making Rolls-Royce plc the sole owner. In March 2011, Rolls-Royce and Daimler AG launched
553-738: A 49 by 49 ft (15 by 15 m) tall and wide enclosed space and it can handle a 66 tons engine including its carrier. The company completed its first engine run on the new test bed in July 2024. X-ray imaging allows to visualize the position of seals and clearances in real time while an engine is running. While it was retrofitted on Rolls' test bed 57, test bed 80 is the first to be purpose-designed for industrial radiography . To protect from external X-ray, 30 cm (11.8 in.) of lead , double walls are up to 8.9 ft. (2.7 m) thick (a 5.6-ft. interior wall and 3.3-ft. exterior wall) and provide acoustic insulation. Canadian prime contractor MDS Aero Support
632-623: A filing in the US that it had sold 91 per cent of its American Depositary Receipts in PetroChina in the first quarter of 2007. At the beginning of May 2007, the company announced it had made China's largest oil find in a decade off the country's northeast coast, in an oilfield named Jidong Nanpu oil field in Bohai Bay . In May 2008 these expectations were lowered. On 7 November 2007, Hang Seng Indexes Company announced that PetroChina would be
711-419: A separate business with Royce in 1904 because Royce had developed a range of cars which Rolls wanted to sell. A corporate owner was incorporated in 1906 with the name Rolls-Royce Limited . In 1971 the same company, Rolls-Royce Limited, entered voluntary liquidation because it was unable to meet its financial obligations. It remains in existence today, still in liquidation. Its business and assets were bought by
790-478: A series of medium-term corporate bonds worth 80 billion yuan ($ 11.7 billion), which was the biggest ever domestic issue by a listed company. The logo of PetroChina has represented the company in plenary capacity since 2004. The logo's basic, abecedarian design consists of a rising sun, projected onto a petal-based graphic. The colors utilized in the graphic are red and yellow, auspicious in Chinese culture . Beneath
869-509: A steady supply of LNG fuel for 20 years, and also forms as China's largest supply of relatively "clean energy". This deal has been formally secured, despite relations between Australia and China being at their lowest point in years, following the Rio Tinto espionage case and the granting of visas to Rebiya Kadeer to visit Australia. PetroChina's Dushanzi District refinery became fully operational on 24 September 2009. The refinery
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#1732800984698948-636: A subsidiary of PetroChina . Originally, it was agreed that PetroChina would have owned 50% of the pipeline, while Royal Dutch Shell , Gazprom , and ExxonMobil had been slated to hold 15% each, and Sinopec 5%. However, in August 2004, the Board of Directors of PetroChina announced that following good faith discussions with all parties to the Joint Venture Framework Agreement, the parties had not been able to reach an agreement, and
1027-483: A technical association dating back to the Second World War. Rolls-Royce had previously tried to buy the company when General Motors sold it in 1993, but GM opted for a management buyout instead for $ 370 million. Owing to Allison's involvement in classified and export restricted technology, the 1994 acquisition was subject to investigation to determine the national security implications. On 27 March 1995,
1106-783: A year, in Chengdu , China. Although PetroChina claimed that $ 565 million of the total investment would be dedicated to environmental protection, residents of Chengdu believed it might bring pollution to the local area and took to the streets on 3 and 4 May 2008, to protest the petrochemical plant. The whole demonstration was peaceful, with little Chinese government intervention. On 19 January 2022, Chinese authorities punished PetroChina's subsidiary "PetroChina Fuel Oil Co Ltd" for alleged oil trade inconsistencies that "severely disrupted oil products market order... facilitated blind development of outdated production capacity at independent refineries...caused losses in government tax revenue indirectly," said
1185-707: A £671 million penalty to settle bribery and corruption charges with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the US Department of Justice, and Brazilian authorities. On 14 June 2018 the company announced a restructuring of the business to create three simpler decentralised units ( civil aerospace , defence and power systems ), to rationalise back office functions and to remove middle management functions. The cost savings should amount to £400 million per year by 2020, with an up-front restructuring cost of £500 million. Some 4,600 people are likely to leave
1264-469: Is China's largest refinery with annual capacity of 10 million tons of oil and 1 million tons of ethylene. The refinery is an integral part of China's ambitions to import oil from Kazakhstan . In February 2011, PetroChina agreed to pay $ 5.4 billion for a 49% stake in Canada's Duvernay shale assets owned by Encana . It was China's biggest investment in shale gas to date. PetroChina's subsidiary in Canada
1343-493: Is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011. The company owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries. Rolls-Royce is the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines (after CFM International ) and has major businesses in the marine propulsion and energy sectors . Rolls-Royce
1422-802: Is connected to the Shaan-Jing pipeline by three branch pipelines. The 886 kilometres (551 mi) long Ji-Ning branch between the Qingshan Distributing Station and the Anping Distributing Station became operational on 30 December 2005. The pipeline is supplied from the Tarim Basin oil and gas fields in Xinjiang province. The Changqing gas area in Shaanxi province is a secondary gas source. In
1501-410: Is connected to the Shaan-Jing pipeline by three branch pipelines. The 886 kilometres (551 mi) long Ji-Ning branch between the Qingshan Distributing Station and the Anping Distributing Station became operational on 30 December 2005. The pipeline is supplied from the Tarim Basin oil and gas fields in Xinjiang province. The Changqing gas area in Shaanxi province is a secondary gas source. In
1580-601: Is currently Asia's largest oil and gas producer. Traded in Hong Kong and New York , the mainland enterprise announced its plans to issue stock in Shanghai in November 2007, and subsequently entered the constituent of SSE 50 Index . In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000 , PetroChina was ranked as the 32nd-largest public company in the world. PetroChina was established as a joint stock company with limited liabilities under
1659-532: Is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange . Following the acquisition of Goodrich by United Technologies Corporation in July 2012, Rolls-Royce announced it would purchase Goodrich's 50% share of Aero Engine Controls to become wholly owned by Rolls-Royce. At the June 2019 Paris Air Show , Rolls-Royce announced its acquisition of Siemens' electric propulsion branch (while they are partners on
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#17328009846981738-781: Is mainly supplied by the Central Asia-China gas pipeline . The pipeline is expected to cost US$ 20 billion. The project is developed by China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corp. (CNODC), a joint venture of China National Petroleum Corporation and PetroChina. Construction of the third pipeline started in October 2012 and it is to be completed by 2015. The third pipeline will run from Horgos in western Xinjiang to Fuzhou in Fujian . It will cross Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces. The total length of
1817-602: Is mainly supplied by the Central Asia-China gas pipeline . The pipeline is expected to cost US$ 20 billion. The project is developed by China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corp. (CNODC), a joint venture of China National Petroleum Corporation and PetroChina. Construction of the third pipeline started in October 2012 and it is to be completed by 2015. The third pipeline will run from Horgos in western Xinjiang to Fuzhou in Fujian . It will cross Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces. The total length of
1896-569: Is named PetroChina Canada and has an office in Calgary . It operates under the direction of Li Zhiming. China signed a deal in 2016 with the Nepal Oil Corporation to sell 30% of the total Nepalese petroleum consumption. China plans to build a pipeline to Nepal's Panchkhal along with a storage depot. In 2017, the shares of PetroChina upped after the rise of natural gas prices for commercial use. In February 2019, as part of
1975-609: Is now Vinters Engineering Limited. Rolls-Royce sold Vickers Defence Systems (the other major Vickers area of business) to Alvis plc in 2002. Rolls-Royce has established a leading position in the corporate and regional airline sector through the development of the Tay engine, the Allison acquisition and the consolidation of the BMW Rolls-Royce joint venture. In 1999, BMW Rolls-Royce was renamed Rolls-Royce Deutschland and became
2054-613: Is responsible for design and management, test systems supply, engine adapters, support systems and data acquisition and control while construction is done by Buckingham Group Contracting. In 1988, Rolls-Royce acquired Northern Engineering Industries (NEI), based in the North East of England , a group of heavy engineering companies mainly associated with electrical generation and power management. The group included Clarke Chapman (cranes), Reyrolle (now part of Siemens ) and Parsons (now part of Siemens steam turbines ). The company
2133-474: Is the largest of its kind, sized for engines of up to 140,000 lbf (620 kN) of thrust. Design started in 2017, construction began in 2018 and it should be commissioned by mid-2020. The 80,730 sq ft (7,500 m ) facility is 426.5 ft (130.0 m) long, has a 95 ft (29 m) tall intake tower and a 123 ft (37 m) tall exhaust stack. Built from 3,450 tons of steel and 27,000 m (950,000 cu ft) of concrete, it has
2212-606: The British Virgin Islands , implicating CNPC , PetroChina, Sinopec , and CNOOC in offshore tax evasion. PetroChina was ranked 30th in 2018 Forbes Global 2000 , a list of top listed companies of the world. In 2019, PetroChina was ranked 22nd in Forbes Global 2000 . In 2023, PetroChina was ranked #18 in Forbes' Global 2000 (World's Largest Public Companies). PetroChina, on 24 October 2008 issued
2291-599: The COVID-19 pandemic . Around 3,000 job losses were expected in the UK, half of them in Derby. In February 2021, Rolls-Royce started talks concerning an operational shutdown of its civil aerospace unit that might last for two weeks due to the impact of Covid-19 and its restrictions. Rolls-Royce announced, in October 2023, that it would cut 2,500 jobs, or 6 per cent of its total workforce. Rolls-Royce's £90 million test bed 80
2370-555: The E-Fan X demonstrator), to be completed in late 2019, employing 180 in Germany and Hungary. In May 2014, Rolls-Royce sold its energy gas turbine and compressor business to Siemens for £785 million. In July 2018, Rolls-Royce sold its commercial marine business to Kongsberg for £500 million. In September 2019, Rolls-Royce agreed to sell its civil nuclear services businesses in the U.S., Canada, Mondragon France, and Gateshead UK to
2449-544: The Rolls-Royce LiftSystem invented by Lockheed Martin for the F-35 Lightning II to production level; The F-35 is planned to be produced in significant numbers. At the 2005 Paris Air Show , Rolls-Royce secured in excess of $ 1 billion worth of orders. The firm received $ 800m worth of orders from Air China to supply its 20 Airbus A330 jets. On 18 June 2007, Rolls-Royce announced at
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2528-707: The Trent 1000 for the revised Airbus A350XWB jetliner. As of July 2015, over 1,500 engines of this type have been supplied to 40 customers. On the military side, Rolls-Royce, in co-operation with other European manufacturers, has been a major contractor for the RB199 which in several variants powers the Panavia Tornado , and also for the EJ200 engine for the Eurofighter Typhoon . Rolls-Royce has matured
2607-677: The Westinghouse Electric Company for an undisclosed sum. These businesses had a revenue of $ 70 million and about 500 employees in 2018. Rolls-Royce is keeping its nuclear new build and small modular reactor (SMR) business in the UK. In November 2020, the company announced plans to build up to 16 Rolls-Royce SMR nuclear plants across the UK, continuing its nuclear division operations. In December 2020 Rolls-Royce announced it would sell other foreign parts of its civil nuclear instrumentation and control business to Framatome as part of its post-COVID recovery plan, completing
2686-697: The 10 provinces in China. Natural gas transported by the pipeline is used for electricity production in the Yangtze River Delta area. The capacity of the pipeline is 12 billion cubic metres (420 billion cubic feet) of natural gas annually. The cost of the pipeline was US$ 5.7 billion. By the end of 2007, the capacity was planned to be upgraded to 17 billion cubic metres (600 billion cubic feet). For this purpose, ten new gas compressor stations will be built and eight existing stations are to be upgraded. The West–East Gas Pipeline
2765-547: The 2007 Paris Air Show that it had signed a large contract with Qatar Airways for the Trent XWB to power 80 A350s on order from Airbus worth $ 5.6 billion at list prices. On 11 November 2007, Rolls-Royce announced at the Dubai Airshow that it had signed its largest ever contract with Emirates for Trent XWBs to power 50 A350-900 and 20 A350-1000 aircraft with 50 option rights. Due to be delivered from 2014,
2844-635: The Arrow Energy joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell , the company was granted leases for $ 10 billion (AUS) towards the Surat project in Queensland, Australia. Liaoyang Petrochemical Corp, a unit of PetroChina, in May 2019 exported to Europe for the first time. PetroChina posted a US$ 4 billion profit for 2019. In 2023, PetroChina received the equivalent of US$ 343 million in state subsidies . PetroChina
2923-460: The Board of Directors of PetroChina announced that following good faith discussions with all parties to the Joint Venture Framework Agreement, the parties had not been able to reach an agreement, and the joint venture framework agreement was terminated. The 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) long pipeline runs from Lunnan in Xinjiang to Shanghai . The pipeline passes through 66 cities in
3002-849: The Company Law of the People's Republic of China (the PRC) on 5 November 1999, as part of the restructuring of CNPC. In the restructuring, CNPC injected into PetroChina most of the assets and liabilities of CNPC relating to its exploration and production, refining and marketing, chemicals and natural gas businesses. Because of Sinopec's link to Sudan through parent company China Petrochemical Corporation , several institutional investors such as Harvard and Yale decided, in 2005, to divest from Sinopec. Sudan divestment efforts have continued to be concentrated on PetroChina since then. Fidelity Investments , after pressure from activist groups, also announced in
3081-479: The English-language version of the design is positioned the company's name in an emboldened, black typeset, " PetroChina " ( Chinese : 中 国 石 油 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó shíyóu ). PetroChina's current logo was adopted 26 December 2004. The contour of the logo is defined as a "petal graphic equally divided by ten in red and yellow colors", which, according to description, "are the basic colors of
3160-661: The National Development and Reform Commission. In 2011, Earthrights International accused PetroChina of complicity in serious human rights abuses in Burma , a country known for militarily furthering its economic interests through the use of forced labor. In September 2013, Jiang Jiemin , a former chairman of PetroChina, was abruptly removed from his role as director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of
3239-472: The State Council and investigated for corruption and abuse of power, along with four other senior oil executives. Jiang was considered an ally of corrupt former security chief Zhou Yongkang , and part of a group of officials that had political ties with Zhou. On 12 October 2015, the court found Jiang guilty on all counts, including accepting bribes, possessing dark assets, and abusing his power. He
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3318-592: The Tarim basin and coalbed methane in Xinjiang. Compressors for the pipeline are supplied by Rolls-Royce . In November 2005, one of PetroChina's chemical plants exploded in Jilin , China, resulting in 100 tons of benzene , which is a carcinogen and toxic, pouring into the Songhua River . There was a slick of chemicals that spanned 80 kilometres. Harbin , which is another city along the Songhua River , had to cut
3397-582: The Tarim basin and coalbed methane in Xinjiang. Compressors for the pipeline are supplied by Rolls-Royce . The fourth pipeline will start from the Tarim Basin or from Sichuan . PetroChina PetroChina Company Limited ( Chinese : 中国石油天然气股份有限公司 ) is a Chinese oil and gas company and is the listed arm of state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), headquartered in Dongcheng District , Beijing . The company
3476-523: The US Department of Defense announced that the "deal between Allison Engine Co. and Rolls-Royce does not endanger national security." Rolls-Royce was, however, obliged to set up a proxy board to manage Allison and had also to set up a separate company, Allison Advanced Development Company, Inc. , to manage classified programmes "that involve leading-edge technologies" such as the Joint Strike Fighter programme . In 2000, this restriction
3555-542: The business out of 55,000 employed worldwide, 3,000 job losses from the UK and the rest from elsewhere in the world (15,700 of the employees work in Derby and 10,300 work elsewhere in the United Kingdom). In August 2018 Rolls-Royce announced it was taking a charge of £554 million to cover faults with some Trent 1000 engines on Boeing 787 Dreamliners . Rather than going thousands of hours between inspections,
3634-416: The company's huge power of cohesion and creativity". The general floral connotations of the logo are designed to capture PetroChina's "social responsibility of creating harmony between energy and environment". Finally, the sun ascending over the horizon in the center of the logo epitomizes the prosperous future hoped to lie within the future of PetroChina. Rolls-Royce plc Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
3713-507: The company's main area of growth. Between 2010 and 2018, Rolls-Royce invested £11 billion in facilities and R&D and launched six new civil engines including the Trent XWB and the Pearl 15 for the business aviation market. It secured orders for 2,700 engines for wide-body aircraft and business jets . It expects to produce over 600 wide-body engines a year and should power over half of
3792-619: The deal involving over 550 employees in November 2021. In 1996, Rolls-Royce and Airbus signed a memorandum of understanding , specifying the Trent 900 as the engine of choice for the then A3XX, now the Airbus A380 . However, the Engine Alliance GP7000 would ultimately also be offered as an option on the A380. In October 2006, Rolls-Royce suspended production of its Trent 900 engine because of delays by Airbus on
3871-704: The delivery of the A380 superjumbo. Rolls-Royce announced in October 2007 that production of the Trent 900 had been restarted after a twelve-month suspension caused by delays to the A380. In 2011, Rolls-Royce faced scrutiny after high profile incidents involving the Trent 900. One of the engines suffered a partial power loss during a Qantas flight in February 2011. This followed an incident in November 2010 in which an engine disintegrated in flight causing Qantas Flight 32 to make an emergency landing in Singapore. The aircraft
3950-415: The early stages after the introduction of IFRS 15 in 2018 and its profits for 2015 would have been £900m lower than the £1.4bn it reported if it had followed the new accounting standard . In February 2017 Rolls-Royce posted its largest ever pre-tax loss of £4.6 billion; This included a £4.4 billion writedown on financial hedges that the company uses to protect itself against currency fluctuations, and
4029-405: The faults with turbine blades mean the engines currently require inspection every 300 hours of flight. In the same announcement Rolls-Royce said it would spend £450m fixing faults on the Trent 1000 in 2018, £450m in 2019 and £350m in 2020, with the work complete by 2022. In May 2020, the company announced its intention to cut 20% of its workforce (approximately 9,000 staff) worldwide as a result of
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#17328009846984108-541: The future, the planned Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline will be connected to the West–East Gas Pipeline. Starting from 15 September 2009, the pipeline is also supplied with coalbed methane from the Qinshui Basin in Shanxi . Construction of the second West–East Gas Pipeline started on 22 February 2008. The pipeline with a total length of 9,102 kilometres (5,656 mi), including 4,843 kilometres (3,009 mi) of
4187-425: The future, the planned Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline will be connected to the West–East Gas Pipeline. Starting from 15 September 2009, the pipeline is also supplied with coalbed methane from the Qinshui Basin in Shanxi . Construction of the second West–East Gas Pipeline started on 22 February 2008. The pipeline with a total length of 9,102 kilometres (5,656 mi), including 4,843 kilometres (3,009 mi) of
4266-407: The government using a company created for the purpose named Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited. Rolls-Royce Motors was separated out in 1973. Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited currently carries on the business under the name Rolls-Royce plc. Rolls-Royce plc returned to the stock market in 1987 under the government of Margaret Thatcher . In 2003 ownership of Rolls-Royce plc was passed to Rolls-Royce Group plc. In
4345-823: The integration of the reactor design, the PWR3 , for UK's next generation nuclear-armed submarines . In March 2023, Rolls-Royce announced that Rolls-Royce Submarines Limited will provide nuclear reactors for the SSN-AUKUS class of submarines for both the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy. To support the SSN-AUKUS programme, Rolls-Royce announced it would double the size of the Rolls-Royce Submarines LTD site in Raynesway, Derby creating 1,170 jobs in
4424-530: The joint venture framework agreement was terminated. The 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi) long pipeline runs from Lunnan in Xinjiang to Shanghai . The pipeline passes through 66 cities in the 10 provinces in China . Natural gas transported by the pipeline is used for electricity production in the Yangtze River Delta area. There is a plan to replace coal with gas in Shanghai by 2010. The capacity of
4503-441: The main line and eight sub-lines, will run from Khorgas in northwestern Xinjiang to Guangzhou in Guangdong . Up to Gansu , it will be parallel and interconnected with the first west-east pipeline. The western part of the pipeline is expected to be commissioned by 2009, and the eastern part by June 2011. The capacity of the second pipeline is 30 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per year. It
4582-442: The main line and eight sub-lines, will run from Khorgas in northwestern Xinjiang to Guangzhou in Guangdong . Up to Gansu , it will be parallel and interconnected with the first west–east pipeline. The western part of the pipeline is expected to be commissioned by 2009, and the eastern part by June 2011. The capacity of the second pipeline is 30 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per year. It
4661-471: The national flag of the People's Republic of China , and which embody the characteristics of the oil and gas industry". The essentially spherical design of the logo, meant to exemplify PetroChina's global development stratagem. The ten equanimous petals are indicative of PetroChina's ten consolidated core businesses. The red substratum is intended to highlight "an angle of a square shape, not only demonstrating PetroChina's strong fundamentals, but also implicating
4740-611: The offshore oil and gas market and its civil aerospace business, the company initiated job cuts of over 3,000 in response. Rolls-Royce had been selling many of its aero-engines in combination with long-term service contracts. Even though the company booked profits in part with the delivery of the engine, actual payments only came in over time. Between 2003 and 2015, it sold a majority of its engines with these “TotalCare” contracts. The company announced it would no longer be able to move its revenues forward from its long-term service contracts to compensate for its contracts being unprofitable in
4819-441: The order is potentially worth up to 8.4 billion US Dollars at list prices. On 20 November 2007, Rolls-Royce announced plans to build its first Asian aero engine facility in the Seletar Aerospace Park , Singapore. The $ 562m (£355m) plant complements its existing facility at Derby by concentrating on the assembly and testing of large civil engines, including Trent 1000 and Trent XWB. Productivity will be higher than at Derby, as
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#17328009846984898-414: The pipeline is 12 billion cubic metres (420 billion cubic feet) of natural gas annually. The cost of the pipeline was US$ 5.7 billion. By the end of 2007, the capacity was planned to be upgraded to 17 billion cubic metres (600 billion cubic feet). For this purpose, ten new gas compressor stations will be built and eight existing stations are to be upgraded. The West–East Gas Pipeline
4977-434: The plant is fully integrated, as opposed to manufacturing occurring across five sites in the UK: a Trent 900 will take only 14 days to manufacture, as opposed to 20 in the UK. Originally expected to provide employment for 330 people, by the start of production in 2012, 1,600 employees were based in Singapore. In May 2012, Rolls-Royce Marine Power Operations won a Ministry of Defence contract worth more than £400 million for
5056-462: The process Rolls-Royce has been accused numerous times of corrupt practices and bribery . In 2014, facing allegations of bribery in the aftermath of the Sudhir Choudhrie affair, Rolls-Royce offered to return money to the Indian government. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) also investigated allegations of bribery in Indonesia and China. In February 2015 Rolls-Royce was accused of bribing an employee of Brazil's state-controlled oil company to win
5135-536: The project. The construction of the West–East Gas Pipeline started in 2002. The pipeline was put into trial operation on 1 October 2004, and the full commercial supply of natural gas commenced on 1 January 2005. The pipeline is owned and operated by PetroChina West–East Gas Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of PetroChina. Originally, it was agreed that PetroChina would have owned 50% of the pipeline, while Royal Dutch Shell , Gazprom , and ExxonMobil had been slated to hold 15% each, and Sinopec 5%. However, in August 2004,
5214-506: The same way, Rolls-Royce Group plc passed ownership on 23 May 2011 to Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Throughout these corporate changes Rolls-Royce plc has remained the principal trading company. The 1980s saw the introduction of a policy to offer an engine fitment on a much wider range of civil aircraft types, with the company's engines now powering 17 different airliners (and their variants) compared to General Electric 's 14 and Pratt & Whitney 's 10. The civil engines business represents
5293-486: The third pipeline is 7,378 kilometres (4,584 mi), including 5,220-kilometre (3,240 mi) trunkline and eight branches. In addition, the project includes three gas storages and a LNG plant . It will have a capacity of 30 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per year with operating pressure of 10–12 megapascals (1,500–1,700 psi). The pipeline will be supplied from Central Asia–China gas pipeline's Line C supplemented by supplies from
5372-486: The third pipeline is 7,378 kilometres (4,584 mi), including 5,220-kilometre (3,240 mi) trunkline and eight branches. In addition, the project includes three gas storages and a LNG plant . It will have a capacity of 30 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per year with operating pressure of 10–12 megapascals (1,500–1,700 psi). The pipeline will be supplied from Central Asia–China gas pipeline's Line C supplemented by supplies from
5451-481: The water supply from almost 4 million people, for 5 days. More than 60 people were injured, five died, and one person was missing due to the incident. The spill reached as far as Khabarovsk , Russia, where residents stocked up on bottled water. The Russian city tried filtering its water of toxic substances, but could not guarantee the water was safe. China's environmental agency fined the company one million yuan (approximately $ 125,000, £64,000) for its pollution, which
5530-402: The world's wide-body fleet within a few years, up from 22% a decade before. In 2023, Rolls-Royce entered into an agreement for $ 3.52 million of funding with the UK Space Agency for the creation of a nuclear reactor on the moon. The project is intended to provide power for space missions. In 2014 and 2015, Rolls-Royce issued at least four profit warnings due to US defence cuts, a downturn in
5609-410: Was allowed to accelerate its renewable energy business in 2022, installing 5.36 gigawatts of wind and solar power plants and 11.2 million square meters of geothermal projects during the first half of the year. This came after the company posted a 55.3 percent year-on-year increase in interim earnings. PetroChina Pipelines is a subsidiary (72.26%) of PetroChina that managed the first three pipelines of
5688-415: Was announced that Rolls-Royce had received its largest order to date worth £6.1bn ($ 9.2bn) to supply engines for 50 Emirates A380 planes. On 6 April 2004, Boeing announced that it had selected both Rolls-Royce and General Electric to power its new 787. Rolls-Royce submitted the Trent 1000 , a further development of that series. In July 2006, Rolls-Royce reached an agreement to supply a new version of
5767-485: Was extensively damaged and the airline grounded its fleet of A380s. The problem was traced to a fatigue crack in an oil pipe requiring the replacement of some engines and modifications to the design. Trent-powered A380s operated by Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines were also affected. Qantas gradually returned its A380s to service over several months. In June 2011 the airline announced it had agreed to compensation of AU$ 95m (US$ 100m) from Rolls-Royce. On 17 April 2015, it
5846-498: Was renamed Rolls-Royce Industrial Power Group. It was sold off piecemeal over the next decade as the company re-focused on its core aero-engine operations following the recession of the early 1990s. On 21 November 1994, Rolls-Royce announced its intention to acquire the Allison Engine Company , an American manufacturer of gas turbines and components for aviation, industrial and marine engines. The two companies had
5925-729: Was replaced by a more flexible Special Security Arrangement . In 2001, Rolls-Royce and its LiftSystem was among the group that won the JSF contract for the F-35 . The Allison acquisition, at $ 525 million (equivalent to £328 million), brought four new engine types into the Rolls-Royce civil engine portfolio on seven platforms and several light aircraft applications. Allison is now known as Rolls-Royce Corporation , part of Rolls-Royce North America . In 1999 Rolls-Royce acquired Vickers plc for its marine businesses. The portion retained
6004-571: Was responsible for ethylene and ammonia leaks, benzene contamination of water supplies, and air pollution in Lanzhou . City officials criticized the company and demanded an apology. PetroChina's development of gas reserves in Tarim Basin , Xinjiang has been the subject of controversy, as such a project could pose a threat to the environment. In 2008, PetroChina began constructing a $ 5.5 billion petrochemical plant, expected to produce 800,000 tons of ethylene and refine 10 million tons of crude oil
6083-659: Was sentenced to 16 years in prison. In January 2017, former vice chairman Liao Yongyuan was sentenced to 15 years in prison for abuse of power and accepting nearly $ 2 million worth of bribes. In October 2021, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that it was investigating former vice president Ling Xiao, for “serious disciplinary violations”. In January 2014, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published research based on leaked financial records from
6162-435: Was the maximum fine that can be handed out in China for breaking an environmental law. The Chinese government said that cleaning up the aftermath would require one billion US dollars. Li Zhaoxing , Chinese Foreign Minister at the time, issued a public apology to Russia due to the incident. The Chinese press responded harshly to the authorities' response to the disaster. In 2014, Petrochina's subsidiary Lanzhou Petrochemical
6241-453: Was the world's 16th largest defence contractor in 2018 when measured by defence revenues. The company is also the world's fourth largest commercial aircraft engine manufacturer, with a 12% market share as of 2020 . Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index . At the close of London trading on 28 August 2019, the company had
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