Russia, world's largest oil producer, opens pipeline with Communist China-BBC

1/1/2011, "Russia-China oil pipeline opens," BBC

"The first oil pipeline linking the world's biggest oil producer, Russia, and the world's biggest consumer of energy, China, has begun operating.

• The pipeline, running between Siberia and the northeastern Chinese city of Daqing, will allow a rapid increase in oil exports between the two countries.

Until now, Russian oil has been transported to China by rail...

Russia overtook Saudi Arabia as the world's largest oil producer in 2009."...