Russian Ambassador to China Sergei Razov said in Beijing Tuesday
that smooth progress had been witnessed in the energy cooperation
between Russia and China.
Russia plans to pipe 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas to
China for each year, the ambassador disclosed during an interview
with Xinhuanet.com.
"We are continuing a project to provide gas to China and the
project includes building a gas pipeline through China's northwest
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region," Razov said.
He said it was a large project which had many technical problems
and experts were discussing solutions to the problems.
Russia plans to provide natural gas to China from 2011 through
two lines, namely a western line through Xinjiang and an eastern
line which traverses China's northeastern border with Russia.
Razov said the construction of a 2,800-kilometer-long crude oil
pipeline is also going well, with 700 kilometers having been
completed. He said experts of the two countries are currently
discussing the issue of a feeder line to China.
(Xinhua News Agency March 23, 2007)
