VOL. XLIII

No. 27

3-July-2000

CASPIAN

Hurricane Begins Test Shipments Of Kazak Crude To China

Canadas Hurricane Hydrocarbons announced on 22 June that it had successfully shipped 2,440 tons of Kumkol crude from its Shymkentnefteorgsyntez (ShNOS) refinery in Shymkent by rail to China. The crude was delivered to Druzhba on the Chinese border, from where the China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) delivered it to the Urumqi refinery in northwest China. ShNOS was to deliver 25,000 tons of Kumkol crude...