15-10-04
An environmental probe report on the Russian Far East oil pipeline will be
finished in the coming two months. The pipeline's route will then be fixed. Russia was considering offering China 10 mm to 15 mm tpy of petroleum through
railway in the next ten years, he said.
Russia-China trade has developed rapidly with an annual growth of more than
30 % in recent years and bilateral trade volume is expected to top $ 20 bn this
year, he said.
Source: XinhuaRussia to set Far East oil pipeline route
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov made the remarks during an
interview on the first meeting of Sino-Russian entrepreneurs' council.
The next step is fixing the pipeline's direction according to the location of
oil fields, he said.
This amount was "unbelievable" several years ago.