Rosneft aims to secure hold on China market with new deals, routes

Moscow

ROSNEFT PJSC, the state-run crude producer that helped turn Russia into the top oil supplier to China, aims to secure its hold by winning more clients and establishing new delivery routes amid increasing competition and stretched infrastructure.

"We continue our work to strengthen our presence in China's market," chief executive Igor Sechin said in comments sent to Bloomberg over the weekend while visiting Beijing with a Russian government delegation. "We are striving to expand our pool of clients - we have run successful tests of railway deliveries to Chinese buyers, including smaller refineries."