CNPC to start laying China leg of 2nd oil pipeline to Russia in June

BEIJING, May 12:  China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the parent of PetroChina , said on Thursday that it will start laying the China section of a second crude oil pipeline to Russia in June. The pipeline section, running through the northernmost province Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at a length 941.8 km (585 miles), is expected to be completed by October 2017, the company’s newspaper said. The newly-constructed pipeline, together with another running from Mohe to Daqing, is expected to have a combined capacity of 30 million tonnes a year, the newspaper said. (AGENCIES)