China received 7.7 mm tons of crude via Kazakh pipeline in 2009

Jan 25, 2010 01:00 AM

China received 7.73 mm tons or around 155,000 bpd of crude oil from the Sino-Kazakhstan crude pipeline last year.
Crude deliveries in 2009 through the pipeline, which has an annual capacity of 10 mm tons, rose 26 % on year.

The transmission capacity of the pipeline, which started operating in 2006, is expected to be doubled by 2012.