Construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipelineMOSCOW, Feb. 8New gas contract with Beijing makes Moscow less and less dependent on supplies to Europe, Andrzej Kublik, a journalist with the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza, said. At the end of last week, Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) signed a long-term contract for pumping gas along the Far East route. Thus, the annual volume of fuel export from Russia to China will reach 48 billion cubic meters. In addition, the parties are discussing deliveries under the Power of Siberia-2 project, which will be continued by the Soyuz Vostok pipeline in Mongolia. The estimated capacity of this route is 50 billion cubic meters per year.The British were advised to hug their pets more often because of the gas crisisCommenting on this information, Kublik accused Russia of creating an energy crisis in the EU and «gas blackmail» because of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline passing through the bottom of the Baltic. The journalist recalled the risk of imposing sanctions against the project and expressed dissatisfaction that the contract with China would help Russia reduce its dependence on fuel sales to Europe. «Soyuz Vostok» will lead to a doubling of deliveries to China. «In ten years, Gazprom will sell about 100 billion cubic meters of gas to China annually, which is about two-thirds of the volume of Russian exports to the EU,» Kublik explained. He noted that Beijing and European countries will receive blue fuel from different fields, so that the West will not lose it. «However, thanks to the increase in supplies to China, Russia will be less financially dependent on exports to Europe,» the reporter emphasized.
Poland recognized the victory of Gazprom with Nord Stream 2″Gas prices began to rise sharply in late summer — n early autumn, reaching a maximum — almost 2200 dollars per thousand cubic meters — on December 21. Experts attribute the rise in prices to several factors: the low level of occupancy of European underground storage facilities, limited supply from major suppliers and high demand for liquefied natural gas in Asia. European authorities have repeatedly accused Russia of provoking an energy crisis. Vladimir Putin called these statements nonsense. The Russian leader recalled that he offered Brussels to leave long-term contracts for the supply of raw materials. However, the European Commission insisted on market pricing of the energy carrier, which eventually led to a crisis, he stressed. 02/14bfe42ac0b2d9fe86ddde7c1b654530.jpg» />Europe advised to change gas storage strategy
