Khabarovsk awaits pipeline hook-up

摘要

Alliance Oil’s Khabarovsk refinery could be hooked up to Transneft’s East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline system next year, allowing the plant to start phasing out rail crude deliveries. The refinery was initially scheduled to be connected in January this year. “The pipeline crosses swampy areas, and last year’s flood in Khabarovsk region disrupted construction,” an Alliance spokesman says.