Russia to supply pipeline gas to China ------------------------------------------ Russia is planning to launch its first natural gas pipeline to China, known as Power of Siberia, as Moscow looks to reduce its dependence on European markets and feed China’s growing demand for energy ------------------------------------------ POWER OF SIBERIA GAS PIPELINE ------------------------------------------ Length: Approximately 3,000km ------------------------------------------ First deliveries: Scheduled to begin Dec 2, 2019, under 30-year deal between Russia’s state-owned Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) ------------------------------------------ Export capacity: Pipeline to supply about five billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas in first year, rising to 38bcm per year in 2022-23* ------------------------------------------ Russian gas supply system Major pipelines Prospective pipelines Major gas fields Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants ------------------------------------------ RUSSIA Yamal Power of Siberia Sakhalin Kovykta Beijing Moscow Urengoy Chayanda KAZAKHSTAN CHINA MONGOLIA Shanghai 1,000km 625 miles ------------------------------------------ China-Russia East-Route: 3,371km-long gas pipeline expected to be complete by 2022-23, will connect with Russian gas supplies *Would account for 9.5 percent of China’s total gas supply estimates of 402bcm for 2022 ------------------------------------------ Sources: Bloomberg, McKinsey & Company, Reuters, S&P Global © GRAPHIC NEWS