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Kazakhstan-China pipeline pumps 100 millionth ton of oil

Oil&Gas Materials 31 March 2017 14:49 (UTC +04:00)
Atasu-Alashankou pipeline running from Kazakhstan to China pumped the 100 millionth ton of oil on March 31
Kazakhstan-China pipeline pumps 100 millionth ton of oil

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 31
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:
Atasu-Alashankou pipeline running from Kazakhstan to China pumped the 100 millionth ton of oil on March 31, Kazakh National company KazTransOil said in a message.
The pipeline is owned by Kazakhstan-China Pipeline LLP, a jointly-controlled company of KazTransOil and Chinese CNODC.

The first startup complex of Atasu-Alashankou pipeline was commissioned in 2006; construction was fully completed in 2008. At the first stage of operation the pipeline has a capacity of 10 million tons per year.
In 2013 two pumping stations – No8 and No10 were launched on the pipeline which allowed increasing its capacity to 20 million tons per year.

Since 2014 Atasu-Alashankou pumps Russian oil along with Kazakh oil. The agreement between KazTransOil and Rosneft envisaged pumping of 7 million tons of Russian oil per year through this pipeline. In late Dec. 2016 the companies agreed to increase Russian oil pumping to 10 million tons per year since 2017.

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