Major project by Transneft will transport crude from Siberia to markets in East

Published on 2006-04-29 02:29 (KST)

MOSCOW (The Associated Press) - Construction began Friday on a major Russian oil pipeline that will transport crude from Siberia to Asian markets, the state pipeline company Transneft said.

"Today we began the realization of this major project, the construction of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline," Transneft Vice President Sergei Grigoriyev told The Associated Press.

Workers started welding pipes together at the pipeline's starting-point in the Siberian city of Tayshet, Anatoly Bezverkhov, a Transneft official...

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Posted by rjorr at April 29, 2006 6:21 PM