New Siberia-Pacific Pipeline Construction Plan Is Ready

Russia's energy ministry on Thursday published a timetable for construction of 2,300-kilometre section of a oil pipeline, from Siberia to the Pacific coast and possibly China, according to AP.

The project presented to Russia's cabinet on Thursday sets November 1, 2008, as the completion date for a pipeline section from Taishet in Irkutsk province to Skovorodino in Amur province, as well as the necessary pumping stations and, separately, an oil terminal at the Pacific port of Perevoznaya.