Putin: oil pipeline could run alongside planned new gas link to China
Published by Elizabeth Corner,
Senior Editor
World Pipelines,
Russia could deliver oil as well as gas to China along a planned route via Mongolia, President Vladimir Putin said last Friday, according to Reuters.
Putin, wrapping up a two day visit to China, said he and his hosts had confirmed their interest in moving forward with the proposed gas pipeline, the Power of Siberia 2 (Reuters).
"Moreover, it's possible to lay both a gas pipeline and an oil pipeline in the same corridor," Putin said, appearing to revive an idea that was discussed as far back as 2018.
However, he said there were also other options for supplying Russian energy to China including by tanker along the Northern Sea Route via the Arctic.
"All options are possible, they are all acceptable and economically feasible. It's necessary to choose the best one. I am sure this work will also be completed," he told a televised news conference.
Despite Putin's upbeat comments, and after years of discussion about the proposed Power of Siberia 2, Russia and China have yet to reach agreement to go ahead and build it.
The pipeline would carry 50 billion m3/yr of gas from the Yamal region in northern Russia - almost as much as the now idle Nord Stream 1 pipeline from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea that was damaged by explosions in 2022.
Russia currently sends gas to China through the Power of Siberia 1 pipeline, which began operating in 2019 and runs through eastern Siberia into northeast China.
Experts say that as China is not expected to need additional gas supply until after 2030, Beijing could drive a hard bargain on price for a second pipeline via Siberia.
Moscow has not said how much the 2600 km (1600 miles) Power of Siberia 2 would cost or how it would be financed. Some analysts have put the cost at up to US$13.6 billion.
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