Pipeline eases traditional oil route to China
Source: Xinhua |
January 26, 2010, Tuesday
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THE Sino-Kazak Pipeline has piped more than 20 million tons of crude oil from Kazakhstan to China since it became operational in 2006, according to the regional government of Xinjiang.
Last year, the pipeline carried 7.73 million tons of crude oil into China, up 26 percent year on year, the inspection and quarantine bureau of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said in a press release yesterday.
The volume made up about 4 percent of the country's crude imports, which was estimated at 204 million tons last year.
The Sino-Kazak pipeline runs 2,798 kilometers from Atasu in Kazakhstan to China's largest oil refinery plant in Dushanzi, in Xinjiang, via the Alataw Pass.
It was jointly developed by the China National Petroleum Corp and the Kazakh state energy company, Kazmunaigaz, and can transport 20 million tons a year.
It has linked China with the oil fields of the Caspian Sea and helped ease China's reliance on the Strait of Malacca, a traditional route for 80 percent of the country's imported oil.
Last year, China's reliance on foreign oil topped 50 percent for the first time.
Last year, the pipeline carried 7.73 million tons of crude oil into China, up 26 percent year on year, the inspection and quarantine bureau of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region said in a press release yesterday.
The volume made up about 4 percent of the country's crude imports, which was estimated at 204 million tons last year.
The Sino-Kazak pipeline runs 2,798 kilometers from Atasu in Kazakhstan to China's largest oil refinery plant in Dushanzi, in Xinjiang, via the Alataw Pass.
It was jointly developed by the China National Petroleum Corp and the Kazakh state energy company, Kazmunaigaz, and can transport 20 million tons a year.
It has linked China with the oil fields of the Caspian Sea and helped ease China's reliance on the Strait of Malacca, a traditional route for 80 percent of the country's imported oil.
Last year, China's reliance on foreign oil topped 50 percent for the first time.
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