Kazakh oil in new pipeline to reach China end-April

SINGAPORE, Apr 21 (Reuters) Kazakh crude flowing through the landmark Kazakh-China pipeline is set to reach China in about a week, to supply the world's second-largest oil consumer with 4.5 million tonnes of oil this year, a Chinese industry official said on Friday.

The volume would account for about 4 percent of China's total crude oil imports last year.

''It will start feeding the refineries in May,'' said an official with China National Petroleum Corp., parent of listed PetroChina REUTERS CS BD0902