Russia-China oil link nears completion

时间：2007-06-15 03:15:52

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June 15 - Construction of the first Russia-China oil pipeline1 is going well and is expected to be completed by next year, said experts from both countries.

 

The pipeline will initially2 supply China 10 million tons annually3. It will gradually increase to 30 million tons a year.

 

The feasibility of three more gas pipelines4 from Russia to China is also being discussed, said Li Guoyu, an expert with the China National Petroleum5 Corporation.

 

The three routes are:

 

Irkutsk to Daqing, with a projected annual gas capacity of 34 billion cu m.

 

Siberia to Lunnan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous6 Region, projected length 2,800 km and an annual gas capacity 30 billion cu m.

 

Sakhalin to China, with annual gas capacity of 15 billion cu m.

 

In 2005, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country would increase Russia's oil exports to Asia to 30 percent of all its oil exports by 2020.

 

Putin also said that an oil pipeline, starting from the Taishet, Irkutsk, to Nakhodka, Primorsky Krai, on the western bank of the Pacific Ocean, would be constructed.

 

The 4,000-km-long pipeline would pass through Skovorodino, Amursk, which is only 70 km from the China-Russia border.

 

And a sub-pipeline starting from Skovorodino would extend to Daqing, the most important oil production base in China.

 

The distance from Taishet to Skovorodino is 2,284 km, and Daqing is about 870 km from Skovorodino.

 

"I believe the Russian government will fulfil its commitment and finish the (700-km-long) pipeline in due time," Li said.

 

He said the 30 million tons of oil China will get from Russia would ease the energy strain.

 

China imported about 169 million tons of oil last year, 15 million tons were from Russia.

 

Last year, Russia produced 481 million tons of oil and 656.2 billion cu m of gas, making it the top producer.

 

Peter Ya Baklanov, director of the Pacific Geographical7 Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said Russia plans to build an oil refinery8 at Kozmino Bay, near Nakhodka, the terminus of the oil pipeline.

 

The plant has a processing capacity of 20 million tons of crude oil, and about half will be sold to Japan, China and the Republic of Korea.

 
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1 pipeline aNUxN     
n.管道，管线
参考例句：
  • The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
  • A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
2 initially 273xZ     
adv.最初，开始
参考例句：
  • The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
  • Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
3 annually VzYzNO     
adv.一年一次，每年
参考例句：
  • Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
  • They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
4 pipelines 2bee8f0b9bb303b1f1a466fd43666db3     
管道( pipeline的名词复数 )； 输油管道； 在考虑（或规划、准备） 中； 在酿中
参考例句：
  • The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines. 石油通过输油管输送到炼油厂。
  • The oil carried in pipelines. 石油用管道输送。
5 petroleum WiUyi     
n.原油，石油
参考例句：
  • The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
  • The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
6 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
7 geographical Cgjxb     
adj.地理的；地区(性)的
参考例句：
  • The current survey will have a wider geographical spread.当前的调查将在更广泛的地域范围內进行。
  • These birds have a wide geographical distribution.这些鸟的地理分布很广。
8 refinery QiayX     
n.精炼厂，提炼厂
参考例句：
  • They built a sugar refinery.他们建起了一座榨糖厂。
  • The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

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