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Russia's Putin to inaugurate pipeline

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Published: Dec. 27, 2009 at 6:55 PM

MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will witness the celebratory launch of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline, officials say.

During Putin's visit to the Russian Far East, he is expected to witness the inauguration of the first leg of the project, which should pump 1.6 million barrels of crude oil per day, the news agency RIA Novosti said Sunday

The oil will flow from Siberia to Russia's Far East and on to China and the Asia-Pacific region, the news agency said.

The second part of the pipeline is expected to run about1,300 miles from Skovorodino to the Pacific, pumping 367.5 million barrels of oil a year.

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