Power of Siberia

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The route "Forces of Siberia" and the project "Forces of Siberia-2" at the beginning of 2024

History

2024: Construction of "Power of Siberia-2" may be postponed - Prime Minister of Mongolia

Construction of a mega-pipeline linking Russia's western gas fields with China (Power of Siberia-2) could be delayed, Mongolia's prime minister warned in January 2024

Moscow and Beijing have not yet agreed on the details of the grandiose infrastructure project.

2023: Gas pipeline deliveries close to Western Europe before Ukraine conflict

Gazprom's pipeline supplies China in the near future may reach the level of gas supplies that were sent to Western Europe, the head of "" said.Gazprom Alexey Miller

At the end of 2022, Russia exported 15.5 billion cubic meters through the Power of Siberia gas pipeline to China. m of gas. Russian gas supplies to China by Power of Siberia in 2023 are expected at 22 billion cubic meters. m. The gas pipeline reaches its design capacity of 38 billion cubic meters. m expected in 2025.

At the same time, in the coming years, Gazprom's total exports to China will reach 48 billion cubic meters. m of gas per year (due to the implementation of the project for gas supplies to China along the "Far Eastern" route), and taking into account the transit gas pipeline through Mongolia - almost 100 billion cubic meters. m per year - Miller.

2022

Discovery of Kovyktinskoye field

On December 21, 2022, the president Russia Vladimir Putin announced the launch of the Kovyktinskoye field. The planned design capacity of the field is 27 billion cubic meters. m per year. Reserves are located in the Irkutsk region, relatively near Lake Baikal. More. here

Power of Siberia pipeline reaches last point in China

On December 7, 2022, the Chinese construction company PipeChina announced that on the territory of the city of central subordination of Shanghai, builders commissioned the last section of the southern branch of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline.

According to Xinhua, we are talking about a section of the Tai An - Taixing gas pipeline located in the Yangtze River Delta. The Chinese part of the Power of Siberia pipeline originates in the Amur city of Heihe opposite the Russian Blagoveshchensk and ends in Shanghai, crossing nine regions of the PRC of various status. It supplies Russian gas to the northeastern provinces of Manchuria, the capital region (Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei province), and now to Shanghai and its environs.

"Power of Siberia" reached the last point in China

According to the Interfax agency, the total length of the Chinese sections of the Power of Siberia is 5111 kilometers. Of these, 3,371 kilometers were built relatively recently, and the remaining 1,740 kilometers were already in operation. Russia began supplying gas to its southeastern neighbor on the Power of Siberia in 2019.

As reported on December 7, 2022, good news is also expected from the Russian side for the gas pipeline: in the coming days, the Kovykta natural gas field in the Irkutsk region will be connected to deliveries from Power of Siberia, gas from which was supplied to the highway back in October 2022 for commissioning under load.

In 2022, gas supplies through the Power of Siberia highway are planned at 15 billion cubic meters. m, in 2023 - 22 billion cubic meters. m.

As the chairman of the board Gazprom of "," the general director of Gazprom Export, said at the end of November 2022, Elena Burmistrova taking into account the release of supplies for Power of Siberia from 2025 to volumes of 38 billion cubic meters. m, as well as the conclusion of a new long-term agreement for gas supplies from the Far East Russia China in the total volume of Russian pipeline gas exports to China in the future will grow to 48 billion cubic meters. m per year.^[1]

7-month supply growth of 60%

Gas exports to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline under a bilateral long-term contract between Gazprom and CNPC increased by 60.9% in seven months - Gazprom.

In the first six months of 2022, supplies increased by 63.4%, Gazprom reported.

2019

Gazprom from September 1 will begin to fill the Power of Siberia gas pipeline with raw materials

Gazprom approved in March a scheme for organizing commissioning work on the Power of Siberia gas pipeline under construction, according to the corporate publication of the technical customer of the construction - Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk LLC.

Displacement of nitrogen from the pipe and filling it with natural gas will be the main part of commissioning. More than 300 people will be involved in the work. The customer plans to create three types of teams: complex, mobile and those that will be located directly at the crane nodes.

"The main task of the integrated team is to monitor nitrogen displacement, gas supply and respond to abnormal situations. The groups located at the valve units will control the displacement of the nitrogen mixture and, if necessary, close the shutoff valves. Mobile brigades are responsible for operational actions, "the message says

It is also reported that in 2019 Gazprom Transgaz Tomsk will begin construction of the Power of Siberia section from Kovyktinsky to Chayandinskoye field - this will increase the length of the gas pipeline by 800 km and will ensure a contracted volume of gas supplies to China.

Gazprom in 2019 will allocate 147.5 billion rubles for the Power of Siberia project

Gazprom in 2019 will allocate 147.5 billion rubles for the Power of Siberia project, according to the company's materials. Including, 117.1 billion rubles will be allocated for the construction of the linear part, 30.4 billion rubles for compressor stations.

At the end of November 2018, it was reported that Gazprom slightly increased its estimate of the company's investments in the construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline in 2018 to 219 billion rubles.

2018: Gazprom built 84.4% of Power of Siberia

Gazprom has built 84.4% of the linear part of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline^[2] said in a statement^[3] of^[4]

"At the moment, the linear part of the gas pipeline section from the Chayandinskoye field to the border with China has been built at 84.4% (more than 1820 kilometers). The second tunnel of the underwater crossing of the trans-border section of the Power of Siberia across the Amur River has been completed, "the statement says following a meeting between Gazprom Board Chairman Alexei Miller and Chinese CNPC Board Chairman Wang Ilin.

"The meeting participants considered a wide range of issues of cooperation in the gas sector. In particular, the current status of the project for gas supplies along the "eastern" route is "Power of Siberia." It was noted that its implementation is carried out in full accordance with the established schedule, "the message says.

The parties also discussed issues related to the commercial and technical aspects of gas supplies China to the Far East, the Russia report said.

In addition, Gazprom and CNPC signed an additional agreement to the cooperation agreement on joint standards, which defines the mechanisms for companies to recognize the results of product tests. The companies also discussed work in the field of underground gas storage, promotion of the use of gas as motor fuel, gas power generation.

2016: Gazprom slows construction

In May 2016, it became known that Gazprom halved the length of the Power of Siberia section, the construction of which was scheduled for this year. According to Vitaly Markelov, a member of the holding's board, this measure is related to cost optimization and will not affect the timing of capacity commissioning - until 2018.

2014

Gazprom and the Chinese CNPC in May 2014 signed an agreement on the supply of Russian gas to China along the eastern route. The agreement was concluded for 30 years and involves the annual supply of 38 billion cubic meters of Russian gas to China through the Power of Siberia gas pipeline. Deliveries are due to begin on December 20, 2019.

Agreement "Power of Siberia-2" on increasing supplies along the western route

"Power of Siberia-2" ("Altai"). In November 2014, in Beijing, at the APEC summit, a memorandum and a framework agreement were signed to increase gas supplies to the PRC from Siberia due to the capacity of the western route. It is planned to deliver up to 30 billion cubic meters of gas per year along the line with a total length of about 6,700 km.

However, as of August 2016, Gazprom and CNPC are still negotiating and have not concluded binding agreements. According to analysts, the Chinese side can take time, realizing that Gazprom needs the western route first of all.

Agreement between Gazprom and CNPC for 30 years

On May 21, 2014, Gazprom and CNPC signed a gas supply agreement for 30 years along the eastern route of the pipeline with a length of 4 thousand km. It is expected that the project worth about $44.3 billion will provide supplies of up to 61 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

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