Russian East Siberian Pacific Basin Crude Oil (ESPO) -:

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Russian East Siberian Pacific Basin Crude Oil (ESPO) -:

The Eastern SiberiaPacific Ocean oil pipeline (ESPO pipeline or ESPOOP, Russian: Нефтепровод "Восточная Сибирь - Тихий океан" (ВСТО)) is a pipeline system for exporting Russian crude oil to the Asia-Pacific markets (Japan, China and Korea). The pipeline is built and operated by Russian pipeline company Transneft.
The first phase of the pipeline involved the construction of a 2,757km (1,713 miles) section from Taishet in Irkutsk Oblast to Skovorodino in Amur Oblast, along with a branch from Skovorodino to Daqing, China. Construction began in April 2006 and was undertaken by a number of Russian-based companies, including Systema SpecStroy, Krasnodarstroytransgaz, Vostok Stroy, Promstroy, Amerco Int and IP Set Spb.
The first phase features pipes with a 48in (1,220mm) diameter and annual crude oil transfer capacities of 80 million tonnes. There are 32 pumping stations along the route, including 13 with tank farm storage with a total capacity of 2.67 million cubic metres.