MAX PETROLEUM - The Birth of a Giant

plans for branch pipeline to the Caspian (15 Dec):

"The pipeline is a major step in Beijing's effort to reduce its reliance on Middle East energy supplies.

It will eventually be connected to another pipe from the Caspian region in west Kazakhstan, where a huge new oilfield is being developed.

The country's oil output is expected to triple to around 3.5 million barrels a day by 2015"