WORLD NEWS: CHINA AND RUSSIA BEGIN WORK ON POWER OF SERBIA PIPELINE

Russia’s Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have confirmed that construction is underway on the 4,000-km Power of Serbia Pipeline that will deliver up to 38 Bcma of gas to China.The first joint of pipe for the Chinese sector of the project was recently welded near the city of Heibe in the northern Heilongjiang Province bordering Russia, according to CNPC. Russia started building its section of the 2,500-mile eastern route last year. The pipeline is due to become fully operational in late 2017.

An oil pipeline project from Raxaul

An oil pipeline project from Raxaul, India, to Amlekhgunj, Nepal, has been approved for construction and signed by the Cabinet. The pipeline will supply petrol, diesel and ATF to the Himalayan Kingdom. Aug 16, 2015.