Russian pipeline goes into operation

Russian pipeline goes into operation

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Russian officials jointly press a button at a ceremony in Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East on Dec. 25, 2012, to mark the commencement of full operation of a 4,756-kilometer-long oil pipeline linking Tayshet in eastern Siberia with Kozmino port near Nakhodka in the Far East. Russia plans to use the pipeline, called the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean, or ESPO, oil pipeline to export crude oil to Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea.

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