Sinopec is expected to transmit a total of 703,900mt of gasoil and gasoline to Southwest China's Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan via its Southwest Oil Product Pipeline in August, down by 4% from the previous month, revealed a source with pipeline department of the oil giant.

The source ascribed the slight fall to sufficient supply and relatively soft demand in the region.

Gasoil allocation was 555,000mt, down by 2.6% on month; gasoline allocation dropped by 11% to 148,900mt, according to the source.

Sinopec Southwest Oil Product Pipeline started construction on Sep 19, 2003 and came onto stream by the end of 2005. It starts from Maoming of Guangdong province and ends in Kunming of Yuan province, passing through 37 cities and towns within Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan. Stretching out 1,691km in its full length and linking up 19 stations, it is the largest-scaled and longest oil products pipeline in the country by far.