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Component

East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Oil Pipeline Project

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Cities

Taishet
Russia
Skovorodino
Russia
Vladivostok
Russia
Mohe
China
Daqing
China

Distance

5700km
new
5700km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$30b
$30,000,000,000

Phases

operational, 2011

Objective

Description

The East Siberia–Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline is a major Russian oil export pipeline system transporting crude oil from eastern Siberian oil fields to Russia’s Pacific coast and to China through a dedicated branch line. The project was jointly supported through an 2009 oil-for-loan agreement.

Finance

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$25000000000 loan
China Development Bank Development bank

Contractors

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Transneft
Company
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China National Petroleum Corporation
Company