Power of Siberia More than 90% Complete
Russia’s Gazprom July 25 said that more than 90% of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline is complete.
“By now, a total of 1,954 km, or 90.5% of the linear section running from Chayandinskoye to the Chinese border in the Amur region, is finished. The bulk of construction and installation work for this section will be completed this year,” Gazprom said. Pipeline tests, installation of power supply, communications and telemetry systems, and start-up and commissioning is expected to happen next year.
Construction of a two-string crossing under the Amur river within the Power of Siberia gas pipeline is also in progress, Gazprom said. Pipe pulling in the first tunnel was completed in July 2018. Work on Atamanskaya compressor station commenced late-2017. The station will maintain the required pressure during gas deliveries to China.
The Power of Siberia gas pipeline will carry gas from the Irkutsk and Yakutia gas production centres to consumers in Russia’s Far East and China. In 2014, Gazprom signed a 30-year contract with CNPC for the supply of 38bn m3/yr of gas via the pipeline. First gas is expected to flow into China at the end of 2019.