But he added, "Russia's pipeline system should remain under government control."
The pipeline system was scheduled for substantial changes and additions, however.
It is one of the largest pipeline systems in the United States.
The two major pipeline systems from those areas now run north.
Service stations could, of course, also hook into the existing pipeline system.
Return A is for the pipeline system as a whole.
Return B is for each shipper on the pipeline system.
When constructed, it was the world's largest oil pipeline system.
Today the process of reviving these old pipeline systems is taking place.
The pipeline system consists of three sections running through eight states.