BEIJING, Dec 9 (Reuters) - China is creating a national oiland gas pipeline company to help expand its energyinfrastructure, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

The establishment of the new company marks a key move inChina's deepening oil and gas reforms, according to Xinhua.

(Reporting by Muyu Xu, Min Zhang and Shivani Singh; Editing byKim Coghill) ((min.zhang@thomsonreuters.com; (8610) 5669-2105;))