Kazakh crude flowing through a landmark pipeline opened six months ago finally poured into a storage in China, marking the start of commercial operations for the mainland's first transnational oil pipeline.
Kazakh crude flowing through a landmark pipeline opened six months ago finally poured into a storage in China, marking the start of commercial operations for the mainland's first transnational oil pipeline.
It took nearly two months for the oil to cross into China after it reached the border in May, as customs officials from both countries tried to settle differences .over measuring standards, Beijing- based oil officials said.

The delay suggests that the actual volume of Kazakh oil to land in China this year could be smaller than an industry estimate of 4.5 million tonnes, or 4 percent of China's total oil imports.

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