11 April 2017

News Story: China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline put into operation

MADE ISLAND, Myanmar, April 10 (Xinhua) -- A 140,000-ton crude oil tanker "Suezmax" began offloading crude oil at Made Island oil port in Myanmar's western Rakhine state on Monday after the signing of a China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline transmission agreement in Beijing earlier in the day.

Made Island oil port is the starting point of the China-Myanmar crude oil pipeline which is part of the China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline project.

Read the full story at Xinhua


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PacificSentinel: This may sound like a minor event on the global stage, however, it helps to eliminate China's Malacca Strait Dilemma.