First Link of Rerouted Oil Pipeline in Russia Will Be Laid by Early September, Putin Told

摘要

Moscow—Presidential envoys to the Siberian and Far Eastern federal districts told Russian President Vladimir Putin Aug. 14 that construction of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean [ESPO] oil pipeline had begun and that the first link of the proposed pipeline would be laid in late August or early September, the president's service for the foreign press told BNA Aug. 21.rnThe two regional representatives, Anatoly Kvashnin and Kamil Iskhakov, met with Putin in Moscow to update him on the construction progress.