China has completed construction and connection of a 5,111km stretch of the Power of Siberia pipeline in the country to carry gas from Russia's Siberian fields to customers in the financial hub of Shanghai, Chinese state media reported on December 2.
Completion of the pipeline connection will bring the Power of Siberia to its annual design capacity of 38 billion cubic meters by 2025 - an amount of gas equivalent to about 9% of China's consumption this year.
The final section of the 167km pipeline from Nantong to Luzhi in Jiangsu province was completed around mid-November, completing the mega project seven months ahead of schedule.
The pipeline has a diameter of 1,422 meters, a permissible pressure of 12 megapascals and has the largest transport capacity with a single pipeline.
The Power of Siberia pipeline began pumping gas in late 2019. Russia has been ramping up supplies since then. Chinese state media said the Power of Siberia is expected to deliver 38 billion cubic meters of gas in 2025, 26% higher than the 30 billion cubic meters that analysts had estimated for 2024.
The Power of Siberia pipeline now moves about 110 million cubic meters of gas per day, a huge increase from 15 million cubic meters when the project began operations five years ago, a PipeChina official said.
According to Xinhua News Agency, as a milestone project in China-Russia energy cooperation, the Power of Siberia cross-border gas pipeline is 3,000km long in Russia and 5,111km long in China.
The pipeline in China starts in Heihe - a northeastern city bordering Russia - and carries gas south to Shanghai, China's economic and financial center.
The completion of the entire pipeline also marks the completion of China's eastern strategic energy corridor.
The China-Russia Power of Siberia gas pipeline is the third long-distance cross-border gas pipeline to supply gas to China, following the China-Central Asia and China-Myanmar oil and gas pipelines.
