Posted on 08/28/2014 3:34:42 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Mapped: North Korea’s oil routes
North Korea takes Russian oil while China's crude cut-off seems increasingly unlikely
North Korea has stepped up oil imports from Russia with a growing fleet of tankers plying the country’s Far Eastern ports and terminals, NK News can reveal after a two-month investigation into the DPRK’s vessel movements and oil trading activities.
The growing trade with Russia comes amid continuing reports that China has cut-off crude oil deliveries to North Korea.
However, NK News has also found at least one North Korean crude oil tanker still regularly visiting Chinese terminals, indicating that trade is ongoing despite the absence of crude deliveries in official Chinese trade data.
THE RUSSIAN CONNECTION
Already one of the world’s largest exporters of crude oil, Russian deliveries climbed as new infrastructure allowed state-owned explorers such as Rosneft to pump Siberian oil towards Asian markets from 2010.
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Why do they need oil? That place is darker than Hillary’s womb.
Good question.
It's been a while.
Thank you for this info. Very interesting. Glad to see you on FR. It’s been a while.
I thought NK had more than two refineries but apparently not. I find this fact surprising. Likewise, I would think the Norks would be developing coal liquifaction plants to supplement their oil imports.
Thanks for the post Tiger!
Bump!
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