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Gazprom resumes gas flow via

Power of Siberia to China

PIPELINES & RUSSIA’S Gazprom has resumed gas supplies of gas to China from fields off the coast of the Far
TRANSPORT to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline, the East. They are also negotiating the construction
company said on September 30, following the of the 50 bcm per year Power of Siberia 2 pipe-
A second gas field will end of routine maintenance at the project. line, which would pump gas from the Russian
be tied to Power of “Scheduled maintenance works on the Arctic to China via Mongolia.
Siberia in December, Power of Siberia gas pipeline have been fin-
according to Gazprom. ished,” Gazprom said in a post on its Telegram China joins calls for Nord Stream probe
channel. “Gas transportation, as planned, has Beijing has joined other governments in calling
been resumed today.” for an investigation into the suspected sabotage
Gas shipments along the Power of Siberia that caused multiple leaks along the Nord
were halted on September 20. Under the terms Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that connect Russian
of Gazprom’s supply contract with China’s with Germany.
CNPC, this routine maintenance takes place Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent
twice a year, in the spring and in the autumn. representative to the UN, said on September
Power of Siberia was launched at the end 30 that intelligence indicated that the dam-
of 2019 and has a nameplate capacity of 38bn age caused to the pipelines was most likely
cubic metres per year, although it is unclear how deliberate.
much gas is currently flowing via the pipeline. “If true, it would constitute an attack on mul-
Shipments should increase from December, tinational civilian facilities and undersea pipe-
however, with the planned launch of a second lines in violation of international law,” Geng said
Eastern Siberian field to supply the pipeline. The in a speech to the UN Security Council. “The
Kovyktinskoye field in the Irkutsk region will leaks highlight the fragility of cross-border
be tied to the Chayandinskoye field in Yakutia, infrastructure. We are willing to work with all
which has been providing Power of Siberia with parties to maintain their security.”
gas for three years. Russia has accused the US of sabotaging the
Moscow and Beijing have agreed on building pipelines – a claim that Washington strongly
a pipeline to flow an additional 10 bcm per year denies. ™

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