4//RIA Novosti, Russian News & Information Agency, Russia 22/09/2005 20:41
http://en.rian.ru/business/20050922/41479567.html LUKoil OPENS OFFICE IN CHINA
BEIJING, September 22 (RIA Novosti, Aleksei Efimov) - LUKoil held a ceremony Thursday to mark the opening of its Beijing office.
Valery Golovushkin, company vice president, said, "LUKoil is ready to deliver to China as much oil as infrastructure allows."
He added that the opening of the office in China would enable the company to obtain detailed information on projects that LUKoil hoped to take part in.
He said the company firstly intended to increase oil deliveries to China via pipelines.
"A pipeline from Kazakhstan to China with a total annual output of 20 million metric tons will become operational by the end of this year," Golovushkin added.
The pipeline will enable direct oil deliveries to China from West Siberia, and LUKoil is ready to supply oil according to its quota.
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