For almost the entire distance across Myanmar, a crude oil pipeline will run parallel to the gas pipeline. The crude oil pipeline will be 771 kilometres and will stretch its way into Yunnan and eventually to Chongqing in China. China’s CNPC is building the pipeline, which will transport oil from the Middle East and Africa to southwestern China. The project also involves construction of a new deep-water crude unloading port and oil storage facilities on Myanmar’s Maday Island (Xinhua Economic News 2009). CNPC controls a 50.9 per cent stake in the oil pipeline through its wholly owned subsidiary South-East Asia Pipeline Company Limited (SEAP). Myanmar’s stateowned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) controls the remaining 49.1 per cent (CNPC 2009). SEACOP will be responsible for the construction and operation of the pipeline, while Myanmar’s government will provide security for the pipeline.