Russia China $300 billion gas pipeline to further strengthen strategic ties
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“As of today, over 1,095 kilometers of the pipeline are already built, which is 50.7 percent of the total length of its priority section from the Chayandinskoye field to Blagoveshchensk,” said Gazprom.The company plans to build 1,300 km of the 3,000 km long pipeline to deliver Russian gas to China by the end of the year.
The Power of Siberia’s first section will run some 2,200 kilometers from the Chayandinskoye field (Yakutia) to Blagoveshchensk (Chinese border). The second phase of the project will include the construction of a section stretching for about 800 kilometers from the Kovyktinskoye field (Irkutsk Region) to the Chayandinskoye field. The third stage provides for expanding gas transmission capacity between the Chayandinskoye field and Blagoveshchensk.
Current work includes drilling gas wells, the construction of a comprehensive gas treatment unit and infrastructure facilities, and follow-up exploration of the oil rim.
The Power of Siberia pipeline is one of the biggest projects involving Russia and China. The deal took more than a decade to negotiate. In July, Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) inked an agreement to start gas deliveries via the eastern route.
