China imported about 400 million cubic feet of natural gas from Shwe natural gas project in Rakhine offshore and about 16,000 tonnes of crude oil from Made Island in Rakhine State daily, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.

Myanmar is consuming about 100 million cubic feet of natural gas daily.

The Sino-Myanmar natural gas pipeline is started from Yanbye Island, Kyaukphyu Township to China through Rakhine State, Magway Region, Mandalay Region and Shan State. The oil pipeline has 771 kilometers in length and natural gas pipeline has 793 kilometers in length.

Myanmar exported 5 million tonnes of crude oil and 1.68 million tonnes of natural gas via the China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline from January to June this year and the export is more compared with last year's export in the same period, according to a report from Xinhua news agency.

The import value amounted to 17.27 billion Yuan (about 2.51 billion U.S. dollars), up 9.2 percent year on year with the average import price reaching 3,443.8 Yuan per tonne, up 6.4 percent year on year.

Meanwhile, the imports of natural gas from Myanmar amounted to 1.68 million tonnes (equivalent to 2.5 billion cubic meters), down 2.3 percent from the same period of last year, with a total value of 5.89 billion Yuan (over US$800 million), up 11.7 percent from the same period of last year. The average import price was 3,499.2 Yuan per tonne, up 14.4 percent year on year.

China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline is 1,420-km in length, and the China-Myanmar natural gas pipeline was put into operation in July 2013. Myanmar start exported crude oil via pipeline in 2017. Myanmar exported 19 million tonnes of crude oil and 13.44 million tonnes of natural gas.

SEAGP company has taken charge of Sino-Myanmar natural gas pipeline and Sino-Myanmar crude oil pipeline by SEAOP company.