6 Sep 2022 15:09

Gazprom discusses Power of Siberia 2 pipeline with CNPC

MOSCOW. Sept 6 (Interfax) - Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Dai Houliang, chairman of China's CNPC, discussed the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline project in Russia and the Soyuz Vostok pipeline in Mongolia, which will connect the Russian and Chinese gas transmission systems, by video link during the Eastern Economic Forum.

Gazprom began to assess the possibility of suppling up to 50 billion cubic meters of gas per year to China through Mongolia in 2020. Design and surveying for the Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline construction project began in February 2022. The pipeline will pass through Mongolia and will be a continuation of the Power of Siberia-2 pipeline.

Miller and Dai Houliang also discussed pipeline gas supplies to China from Russia by the Far Eastern route. The technical parameters of the supplies have already been set and Gazprom has started to design the pipeline.

Gazprom and CNPC signed a contract on February 3, 2022 to supply 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year over 25 years. For deliveries to China, it is necessary to build a short, 25 km branch from the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok pipeline, which runs along the Chinese border. This will consist of the trunk pipeline branch, a gas metering station and a natural gas treatment plant; and possibly additional gas treatment and drying facilities.

Miller informed Dai Houliang about the status of work on the Eastern route gas supply project or the Power of Siberia gas pipeline.

"The linear part of the gas pipeline from the Kovykta field in the Irkutsk region to the Chayanda field in Yakutia is almost complete. Gas from the Kovykta field will begin enter Power of Siberia before the end of this year, as planned. Thus, the fulfillment of Gazprom's contractual obligations to increase gas supplies to China in 2023 will be guaranteed," Gazprom said.

Gas supplies to China from the Chayanda field in Yakutia began at the end of 2019. They are due to be ramped up to 38 billion cubic meters per year in the first five years.

The supplies came to 10.39 bcm, which was 390 million cubic meters above contract volumes, in 2021.