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Gazprom resumes gas flow

via Power of Siberia to China

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

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