Russian Pipeline Enters Phase 2

摘要

Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft has started work on the second phase of its mas- sive East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (Espo) pipeline, despite skepticism that there will be enough crude oil to fill the line. The first phase of the line, which opened late last year, runs nearly 2,700 kilometers from Taishet in the Irkutsk region of Eastern Siberia to Skovorodino, 68 km from the Chi- nese border, and has a capacity of 600,000 barrels per day.