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Putin hails mega $270 billion-plus oil deal with China for Rosneft

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21 June 2013

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Few details were given but the oil will be produced and transported through Siberia and the Russian Far East to reach China. Picture: Rosneft's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, courtesy Rosneft.ru 

The deal is one of the biggest in oil history. It was signed by Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin and CNPC head Zhou Jiping in the presence of Putin and  visiting Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli. Oil for the new deal with be supplied via Siberia and the Russian Far East. The deal marks an eastward shift in Russian economic priorities. 

'Consumption will be growing in China. And in Japan consumption will be growing, too', said the Russian president, adding: 'Europe is going through some certain difficulties'.

Over a quarter of a century, the deal sees the delivery of some 360 million tonnes of oil to China, said Sechin.

Currently four-fifths of Russian oil flows westwards but this is now changing. 

Andrew Neff, an analyst at IHS Global Insight, said of the deal: 'It shows the clear determination from Russia to shift exports from Europe to Asia'.

The mammoth agreement was presaged in the March visit to Moscow of  Chinese President Xi Jinping. Rosneft is expected to receive an initial upfront cash payment of $70 billion. 

'It's a landmark deal,' said Karen Kostanian, an oil and gas analyst at Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch in Moscow, cited by AFP.

It would allow Rosneft to develop new fields in eastern Siberia.

International news agency Reuters hailed it as 'a tectonic shift in Russian oil flows away from Europe'.

Separately, CNPC will purchase 20 percent in the Russian Arctic project known as the Yamal LNG in which France's Total has 20 percent and Novatek holds the rest. Reports predicted a huge gas deal in the future to match this mega-oil contract.

Comments (3)

So - - China's 'Conquest through Purchase' comes to Russia? Mr. President, we've been told for a long time that, 'He who would sup with the Devil wants a long spoon.'
Arklight, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
21/06/2013 21:24
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I saw it as $ 270 bln today?
Max, Russia
21/06/2013 18:46
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Russia and China are doing well aren't they
Joan, Australia
21/06/2013 11:13
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