The pipeline is owned by the China National Petroleum Corporation and the Kazakh state-owned oil company KazMunayGas.
[6] The pipeline was developed by the China National Petroleum Corporation and the Kazakh oil company KazMunayGas.
[7] The 2,228 kilometres (1,384 mi) long pipeline runs from Atyrau in Kazakhstan to Alashankou in China's Xinjiang.
The Kenkiyak-Atyrau section of the pipeline is 449 kilometres (279 mi) long and has a capacity of 120 thousand barrels per day (~6.0×10^6 t/a).
The pipeline was built and is operated by MunaiTas a joint venture between the China National Petroleum Corporation and KazMunayGas.
[10][11] The capacity of pipeline is 10 million tons of oil per year and it supplies mainly the Dushanzi refinery.