A second line of China-Russia oil pipeline is put into operation, import is expected to double

Almaty. January 3. Silkroadnews - A second line of China-Russia oil pipeline is put into operation, import is expected to double, “People’s Daily” reports.
“A second line of the China-Russia oil pipeline began operation on Monday, raising China’s annual imports of Russian crude oil from 15 million to 30 million tons,” the report said.
The pipeline construction, as noted, began in August 2016 on the 941.8-kilometer second line from Mohe, the northernmost point of China, which borders Russia, to Daqing City in Heilongjiang Province in northeast China. The line crosses North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The second line of the pipeline was built in parallel with the first line between Mohe and Daqing, the agency quoted Jiang Changliang, general manager of PetroChina Pipeline Company.
The project is designed to deepen energy cooperation between China and Russia and serve the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative.
Starting in the Russian city of Skovorodino, a new line enters China in Mohe, where its capacity was 3,812 cubic meters per hour.
The first line from Mohe to Daqing was put into operation on January 1, 2011. To date, it has transported a total of 110 million tons of crude oil.