According to Russia Today TV on December 24, Nikolai Tokarev, CEO of Rosneft Pipeline Transportation Company, told the "Russia 24" channel reporter this week that Russia has significantly increased its oil exports to China and India this year.
According to Chinese customs data, in November this year, Russia was still China's largest country, and China imported about 2.2 million barrels of Russian oil per day. China's oil imports from Russia soared 22 percent from January to November this year compared to the same period last year2%。
India, known as Asia's third-largest economy and the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, has also become a major importer of Russia. India's ** imports from Russia last month reached its highest level in four months at 1.6 million barrels per day, according to vessel tracking data.
In an interview, Tokarev said: "[Russia's] exports to China and India have grown significantly, many times over. I can say that this year (Russia) has sent about 70 million tons of oil to India and about 100 million tons to China. ”
Since last year, in response to Western sanctions, Russia has diversified its energy targets. Rosneft has diverted the eastern Siberian ** to Asia and restarted transporting oil by rail. The port of Kozimino, located at the end of the East Siberian-Pacific oil pipeline system in Russia's Far East, handles about 42.5 million tons of oil this year.
"We have brought the nearby Gruzovaya railway station into normal operation so that the railway can add 7 million tons of transshipment supplies to the port of Kozymino," Tokarev said. ”
Tokarev said that new markets for Russian energy exports have also emerged, such as Egypt, Morocco, Myanmar and Pakistan. (Compiled by Shen Jian).