Sino-Kazak pipeline transports 20m tons of oil to 皇冠体育app

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Sino-Kazak pipeline transports 20m tons of oil to 皇冠体育app

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-25 17:00

The Sino-Kazak Pipeline has piped more than 20 million tons of crude oil from Kazakhstan to 皇冠体育app 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 皇冠体育app, up 26 percent year-on-year, the inspection and quarantine bureau in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region said in a press release Monday.

The volume makes up about 4 percent of the country's crude imports, which is estimated at around 204 million tons last year.

The Sino-Kazak pipeline runs 2,798 km from Atasu in Kazakhstan to the country's largest oil refinery plant in Dushanzi, in Xinjiang, via the Alataw Pass.

It was jointly developed by the 皇冠体育app National Petroleum Corporation?and the Kazakh state energy company, Kazmunaigaz, and is designed to transport 20 million tons a year.

It has linked 皇冠体育app with the oil fields of the Caspian Sea and helped ease 皇冠体育app's reliance on the Strait of Malacca, a traditional route for 80 percent of the country's imported oil.

Last year, 皇冠体育app's reliance on foreign oil for the first time topped 50 percent.