Gazprom has announced an absolute daily record for gas supplies to China under a contract with China’s CNPC, according to the company’s message in Telegram.

According to Gazprom, the record was recorded on January 18.

The Russian company supplies pipeline gas to China through the Power of Siberia gas pipeline system. Its first section – from the Chayandinskoye field in Yakutia to Blagoveshchensk (border with China) with a length of about 2,200 kilometers – was launched in late 2019, and the second – from the Kovykta field to the Chayandinskoye field of almost 800 kilometers – is scheduled to be put into operation in early 2023.

As the Power of Siberia project progresses and according to the terms of the contract between Gazprom (MCX:GAZP) and CNPC, it is planned to gradually increase the volume of supplies each year until reaching the design capacity of 38 billion cubic meters by 2025. It is also discussed to increase supplies in the future up to 44 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

Text prepared by Timur Aliyev