Gas supplies from Russia to China to be higher in 2025, coal supplies to be slightly lower than last year - Deputy PM Novak

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - Energy supplies from Russia to China will be higher in 2025 than they were last year, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Thursday.

"Coal supplies will be slightly lower, gas supplies will definitely be higher because we are reaching the contractual obligations for the Power of Siberia [pipeline], and LNG supplies will also be higher. In total, we will reach higher levels in the equivalent of energy resources," he said.

"The Power of Siberia gas pipeline has now reached its full design capacity, with 31 billion cubic meters of natural gas delivered to our Chinese partners [by the end of 2024]," Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"Gazprom consistently meets the requests of its Chinese counterparts, regularly supplying volumes beyond those stipulated in the contractual obligations. The launch of the Far Eastern Gas Pipeline scheduled for 2027 will increase Russian gas exports by another 10 billion cubic meters. The volume of LNG that Russia supplies to China is also increasing," Putin said after talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

According to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, LNG supplies from Russia to China totaled 959,000 tonnes in the first two months of 2025 compared to 933,000 tonnes in the same period of 2024.