Gazprom begins Power of Siberia 2 pipeline design, survey work

Gazprom will begin the pre-investment phase of its Power of Siberia 2 natural gas pipeline project, having received instructions to do so from the Russian government. Pre-investment includes a feasibility study, design, and survey work. Power of Siberia 2 would deliver 50 billion cu m/year (bcmy) to western China via Mongolia.

The company in 2020 plans to build 1,942 km of gas trunklines, bring 114 wells onstream, and put into operation three gas treatment units with a combined capacity of 27.5 million cu m/year (mcmy).

Pipeline construction plans include construction of the Gryazovets–Volkhov–Slavyanskaya line to feed Nord Stream 2. The Slavyanskaya compressor station is in the Kingisepp district of the Leningrad region and will include 11 GPA-32 Ladoga turbines with a total capacity of 352 Mw. Installation of six of these compressors as well as associated air-cooling units and gas treatment plants has been completed. Pipeline drying was underway in February 2020.

Gazprom is also continuing pre-development of Kharasaveyskoye gas and condensate field in the Yamal peninsula. Gazprom began Kharasaveyskoye development in 2019 and said production will start in 2023 at 32 bcmy from Cenomanian-Aptian deposits. Later production will come from deeper Necomian-Jurassic strata (OGJ Online, Mar. 21, 2019).

The company has injected 72.2 bcm of gas into underground storage since October 2019 and has daily deliverability of 843.3 mcm. Gazprom says its gas production capacity is 545 bcmy.

Gazprom produced 500.1 bcm in 2019, exporting 199.3 bcm. The export figure was slightly less than its record 2018 gas exports of 201.8 bcm. The company said its 2019 share of the European market was 35.6%.