Gas deliveries via the Power of Siberia to China reached a record level of 15.5 billion cubic meters of gas in 2022. — A. Novak
Earlier, Gazprom announced that it had set another record for pumping gas through the Power of Siberia pipeline to China. “On December 9, the excess of the daily contractual obligations of Gazprom, stipulated by the gas purchase and sale agreement, amounted to 16.4%,” the gas holding said.
According to the report, Gazprom “accepted the request of the Chinese side to increase daily gas supplies in December relative to the previously approved schedule for 2022.”
Deliveries are made under a bilateral long-term gas purchase and sale agreement between Gazprom and CNPC.
“Power of Siberia” increases the volume
Meanwhile, Gazprom announced the commissioning of new production, transportation and processing facilities as part of the Power of Siberia project.
Russian gas supplies to China via the gas pipeline began in 2019 from the Chayandinskoye field located in Yakutia. In the coming months, the Kovykta field in the Irkutsk region will be connected to supplies via the main line.
The first five years are allotted for increasing volumes up to 38 billion cubic meters per year. In 2021, Gazprom delivered 10.39 billion cubic meters to China via this pipeline, exceeding the contractual values by 390 million cubic meters. In 2022, deliveries are planned at the level of 15 billion cubic meters, in 2023 – 22 billion cubic meters.
The company said that according to the schedule, it is preparing the Kovykta field in the Irkutsk region and the section of the Kovykta-Chayanda gas pipeline for commissioning. On October 25, commissioning under load began at one of the key priority facilities of the field – the complex gas treatment unit (UKPG-2) – and the Kovykta-Chayanda section. Technological systems and equipment will be tested in operating and maximum operating conditions.
The next stage is the commissioning of the Kovykta field and the Kovykta-Chayanda block in December 2022. This will give a powerful additional impetus to the even more effective development of Russia’s eastern regions and build up the country’s export potential.
At the same time, Gazprom continues to equip the Kovykta field to gradually bring it to full design capacity. The fund of production gas wells is being expanded. The foundations have been built and the installation of metal structures is underway at the site of GTP-3. The construction of a condensate pipeline to deliver stable condensate from GTP-2 to the railway terminal in Okunaisky is nearing completion, as well as the construction of the terminal itself.
In the Power of Siberia section from the Chayandinskoye field to the border with China, Gazprom is gradually increasing the throughput capacity of the gas pipeline. The construction of four new compressor stations is nearing completion.
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