Kazakhstan’s President has announced a new phase of pipeline construction for oil shipments to China. The previously-constructed Atasu-Alashankou pipeline will be extended to the Caspian. Atasu is in Central Kazakhstan.
The existing phase of transit was certified in July of last year, and shipped 1.1 million tons of oil to China in the first quarter of this year. (88,000 barrels/day). New construction may not appreciably change quantity shipped, only make it more convenient.
President Nazarbaev also noted, in a conference with officials and investors in Eastern Kazakhstan, that further trade between Kazakhstan and China could be developed through new railway avenues.
Further reference:
Oil equivalency conversion table
