On September 6, CEO of Russian gas giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller and Chairman of the National Oil and Gas Group (CNPC), Dai Houliang, discussed the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline project (Power of Siberia 2) in Russia and the Soyuz Vostok pipeline in Mongolia.
Gazprom has begun assessing the ability to supply up to 50 billion cubic metres of gas per year to China via Mongolia by 2020. Design and survey work for the Soyuz Vostok gas pipeline construction project began in February 2022. The pipeline will pass through Mongolia and connect to the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline.
According to Interfax, Miller and Dai Houliang also discussed the pipeline that supplies gas to China from Russia via the Far East route. Technical specifications for the supply have been established and Gazprom has begun the design of the pipeline.
On February 3, 2022, Gazprom and the CNPC signed a contract to supply 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year for 25 years. To deliver goods to China, it is necessary to build a short, 25km long branch from the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok pipeline, running along the Chinese border. This branch will include a main pipeline, a gas gauge station, a natural gas treatment plant, and may add gas treatment and drying facilities.
Miller informed Dai Houliang about the working situation of the gas supply project to the Eastern route, also known as the Power of Siberia pipeline.
"The section of the gas pipeline from the Kovykta field in Irkutsk region to the Chayanda field in Yakutia is almost completed. The gas from the Kovykta mine will start connecting to the Power of Siberia before the end of this year. Gazprom's contractual obligations to increase gas supplies to China in 2023 will be guaranteed," the Russian gas giant said.
Russia began supplying gas to China from the Chayanda field in Yakutia in late 2019. Gas volumes have increased to 38 billion cubic meters per year in the first 5 years.
Supply reached 10.39 billion cubic meters of gas, more than 390 million cubic meters compared to the contract volume, in 2021.
