The Siberian Force 2 gas pipeline, which has been under discussion between Moscow and Beijing for years, will “replace” Nord Stream 2, which connects Russia to Europe, the energy minister said this Thursday. Russian.
Asked by Russian TV channel Rossiya-1 about the shift in Russian energy strategy from Nord Stream 2 to Asia-Siberian Force 2, Minister Alexandre Novak answered “yes.”
Earlier, the minister, on the sidelines of a visit to Uzbekistan, had said that Russia and China would soon sign agreements to supply “50 billion cubic meters of gas” per year through the future Siberia Force 2 gas pipeline.
This makes Nord Stream 1’s total maximum capacity of 1 – 55 billion cubic meters – supply interrupted since September 2, AFP news agency notes.
The strategic pipeline connecting Russia to Germany transported one-third of Russian gas supplies to the European Union (EU).
Siberia Force 2 is intended to feed the Chinese energy economy via Mongolia, and the construction date is set for 2024.
Russia’s energy strategy aims to replace the Nord Stream 2 project, long supported by Germany but fiercely contested by the United States, which was canceled following the Russian offensive in Ukraine in late February.
In Europe, Russian gas exports to the EU “will be reduced by about 50 billion cubic meters” in 2022, Novak added this Thursday.
At the same time, the Russian Minister Gazprom, the operator of the Force of Siberia 1 gas pipeline, which from the end of 2019 has connected the Sayandina field of the Sakha Republic (Russian Far East) to northeastern China, “will increase supply. “To achieve “20 billion cubic meters of gas” every year.
By 2025, when it reaches its maximum capacity, the strategic pipeline is expected to produce 61 billion cubic meters annually, more than Nord Stream 1, with 38 billion cubic meters destined for China under a landmark agreement signed between Gazprom and China in 2014. Chinese affiliate CNPC.
At the same time, agreements were signed with Beijing for the construction of a transit route from Vladivostok (Russian Far East) to northern China, which, according to the Russian Energy Minister, would include “an additional 10 billion cubic meters of gas.”
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