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The Russian government has set the prices above which Gazprom will not buy gas and services from its joint ventures with the Austrian OMV and the German Wintershall Dea. This is according to a relevant government's order.
The maximum purchase price of gas produced at the Achimov deposits of the Urengoyskoye field (developed by Gazprom jointly with Wintershall Dea) is 2,550 rubles ($34.6) for 1,000 cubic metres, the price for gas condensate is 16,370 rubles ($223) per ton.
The purchase price of gas from the Yuzhno-Russkoye field (developed by Gazprom together with OMV and Wintershall Dea) will not exceed 2,390 rubles ($32.5) for 1,000 cubic metres up to the entrance to the main gas pipeline and not more than 5,464 rubles ($74) after entering.
The maximum prices for the purchase of gas and services by Gazprom from these JVs "apply to obligations that are due after March 1, 2022, and apply until October 1, 2023," the document says.
Russia’s Gazprom has launched a second field to flow gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline, supporting Moscow’s goal of expanding eastward exports to replace lost sales to the European market. The start-up of the Kovyktinskoye field in the Irkutsk region was marked by a ceremony on December 21 attended via teleconference by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. Following the launch of a first gas treatment unit, Kovyktinskoye is capable of flowing 6bn cubic metres per year of gas to China, complementing existing deliveries from the Chayandinskoye field in Yakutia. Once three more units are brought on stream, production at the field will reach a plateau level of 27 bcm per year. Gazprom is contracted to send at 38 bcm per year via the Power of Siberia under a 30-year contract it struck
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