According to Xinhua News Agency and CCTV Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on the 29th in the Russian Far East to open the oil injection valve of the Russian-Russian crude oil pipeline in Russia, began the technical testing stage.

He also said that Russian crude oil will be shipped to China through the pipeline this year.

According to the official news of the Russian Prime Minister's Office, Putin said at the launching ceremony of the Sino-Russian crude oil pipeline that the realization of the Sino-Russian crude oil pipeline project was an important achievement of Sino-Russian strategic cooperation. "For the Chinese side, it is possible to stabilize energy supply and energy balance. For Russia, it will obtain a new export to the Asia-Pacific region with market prospects, especially the Chinese market, which has great development prospects and vitality." He said that he believes that Russian oil will reach the Chinese territory through this pipeline this year.

Putin stressed that this is not just Russia's supply of energy raw materials to China, but the Sino-Russian project to strengthen multi-dimensional energy cooperation. “Chinese partners have participated in oil exploration activities in Russia, and Russian-related companies have also become shareholders of oil processing companies and distribution networks in China. For us, this is a major project for the diversification of strategic energy supply.”

Putin also pointed out that at present, Russia’s energy supply is mainly concentrated in Europe. Between 120 million and 130 million tons of Russian crude oil are exported to Europe each year, while exports to the Asia-Pacific region are temporarily small. However, with the construction and putting into use of the eastern oil pipeline and the East Siberia-Pacific pipeline, Russia will supply 30 million tons of crude oil each year and gradually expand it to 50 million tons, thus forming a competitive energy export channel.

The Sino-Russian crude oil pipeline is the Chinese branch of the East Siberian-Pacific crude oil pipeline. It is one of the four major energy strategic channels being constructed in the northeast, northwest, southwest, and offshore. The pipeline starts from Russia's Far East pipeline Skovorodino transfer station, and is located in the last station of Daqing in 13 cities and counties in China's Heilongjiang Province and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The total length of the pipeline is about 1,000 kilometers, 72 kilometers in Russia and the rest in China. Sino-Russian crude oil pipeline plans to be completed and put into operation on October 31, 2010. By then, Russia will supply 15 million tons of crude oil to China each year through this pipeline for a period of 20 years.

China-Russia Crude Oil Pipeline Engineering The Sino-Russian crude oil pipeline in Russia has completed the main welding at the end of last year, and China's main body welding has been completed in June this year.

PetroChina and Russia’s pipeline oil companies have held several rounds of talks on the handover measurement of China-Russia crude oil pipelines, pipeline operations, and handling of emergency accidents. The relevant agreements and documents have reached a basic consensus, laying a foundation for putting the pipeline into operation and safe and stable operation in the future. A good foundation.