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Russia Launches Project to Transport Oil by Ship Along Arctic Route

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Newswire Named sources New plan
  • President Vladimir Putin launched the Vostok Oil project, which will move crude from Siberian fields through a pipeline to the Arctic port of Bujta Sever.
  • Putin authorized the first oil pumping into a tanker, which will travel through the ice toward either the Asia-Pacific region or Europe.
  • He said the port could handle 30 million tonnes annually and described the project as a major event for Russia’s economy and northern development plans.

President Vladimir Putin has launched an ambitious energy project designed to move large quantities of oil along the Arctic route, which Russia regards as an alternative to the Suez Canal.

In this way, Bujta Sever will become the world’s largest northern port.

· Vladimir PutinPutin described the expected role of the Arctic terminal during the project launch.

The Vostok Oil project will carry crude through a pipeline stretching several hundred kilometers from the Siberian fields of Payak and Vankorsk to the Arctic port of Bujta Sever in the Krasnoyarsk region. Putin authorized the oil to be pumped into a tanker, which will then break through the ice toward either the Asia-Pacific region or Europe.

Putin estimated that the terminal can currently handle 30 million tonnes of oil a year. Speaking by video conference to Igor Sechin, head of Russia’s largest oil company, Rosneft, he said Bujta Sever would become the world’s largest northern port.

Global scale.

· Vladimir PutinPutin characterized the project while praising the workers who built it in extremely cold conditions.

He praised the workers who built the project in extremely cold conditions and described it as a project of “global scale.” Putin also said Vostok Oil holds an estimated seven billion tonnes of reserves, making it “one of the largest deposits on the planet.”

One of the largest deposits on the planet.

· Vladimir PutinPutin described the estimated oil reserves of the Vostok Oil fields.

“I insist, this is a major event for the country’s economy as a whole,” Putin said. He linked the project to plans for developing northern Siberia, the Arctic and Russia’s Far East. Earlier this week, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, he ordered the Arctic route to become navigable throughout the year by 2036.

I insist, this is a major event for the country’s economy as a whole.

· Vladimir PutinPutin linked the project to Russia’s wider economic and regional development plans.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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