Russia’s Rosneft, CNPC prolong oil exports deal via Kazakhstan

MOSCOW, Jan 9 (PRIME) -- Russian oil major Rosneft and China’s CNPC have agreed to extend a contract that envisages oil exports through Kazakhstan until 2024 and to increase the supplies by 56 million tonnes, Rosneft said in a statement on Monday.

The total volume of oil exports under the contract, which was signed in June 2013, will stand at 91 million tonnes taking into account the 21 million tonnes of oil already delivered, the company said.

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