Up to 10 million tons of oil to be supplies to China through Omsk
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2014-05-22 05:47:25
Omsk is to be the starting point of hydrocarbons supply from Russia to China. 7 million tons of oil will be transported through the Omsk pipeline.
The intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of Russian oil transportation through the territory of Kazakhstan and China was signed by state-owned companies Rosneft, KazMunaiGas and KazTransOil in November of last year. "Black gold" will be delivered to China via the system the main pipelines through Omsk, Kazakh Priirtyshsk and Atasu and Chinese Alashankou. The annual volume of the supplies will be 7 million tons, which can be increased to 10 million.