Myanmar: Oil Pipeline Through Myanmar to China Expected to Open in Jan -Sources

Jan 20, 2015 | Adam Rose and Aung Hla Tun, Reuters
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A crude oil pipeline and a deep sea port meant to secure an alternative route for Chinese imports overland through Myanmar are set to open at the end of January, but an affiliated refinery in China is months away from completion, sources said.

The finished development should help ease China's reliance on shipments via the narrow and potentially risky Malacca Strait. Although that route, through which some 80 percent of China's oil imports now pass, would still be used for the vast majority of overseas purchases.