Russian government approves pact with China on oil pipeline, supplies

MOSCOW. April 14. KAZINFORM The Russian government on Monday approved an agreement with China on building a branch of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline toward China and long-term Russian oil supplies; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
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After a cabinet meeting that discussed the agreement, which was signed in February, Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin told reporters: "The decision has been made." With an expected annual throughput of 15 million tons of crude oil, the branch pipeline will connect Skovorodino in Russia and China's Mohe station, according to the Itar-Tass news agency. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said at the meeting that the construction of the branch "will create a stable and reliable sales market for oil in the eastern direction from East Siberian fields"; Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version
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