Gazprom’s Power of Siberia pipeline 83 percent done

Russian gas giant Gazprom said it has built over 1,790 kilometers of its Power of Siberia pipeline, reaching over 83 percent.

The company is currently pre-developing the Chayandinskoye field, which serves as the basis for the Yakutia gas production center, with 105 development wells drilled and the core process equipment being assembled. The construction readiness of the facilities required for gas production is currently at 44 per cent.

Gas from Chayandinskoye will go first into the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, a crucial link between the resource base and the end consumers in China.

By now, a total of 1,791 kilometers, or 83 percent of the linear section running from Chayandinskoye to the Chinese border in the Amur region, is finished. The bulk of construction and installation work for this section will be completed this year.

The operations scheduled for 2019 will, therefore, include pipeline tests, installation of power supply, communications and telemetry systems, and start-up and commissioning.

Construction of a two-string crossing under the Amur river within the Power of Siberia gas pipeline is also in progress. It is planned to complete pipe pulling in the first tunnel this summer.

Another construction project, this time for the Atamanskaya compressor station, was launched near the border in late 2017. The station will maintain the required pressure during gas deliveries to China.

Prior to being fed into Power of Siberia, natural gas will undergo treatment, producing valuable petrochemical and other components.

For that purpose, Gazprom is building the Amur gas processing plant, the largest such plant in Russia and second-biggest in the world. The priority railway and river infrastructure facilities, including ones for transporting large cargo, are already in place. Construction of the plant is in full swing, as the main gas processing facilities are being set up at the moment.