China starts to consume Russian gas via "Power of Siberia"

Kunlun Energy

22/01/2020 08:18

BEIJING, Jan 22 (Reuters) - 
    * China has started to consume Russian gas via the newly
launched
"Power of Siberia" pipeline, said CNPC-backed Kunlun Energy Ltd
 0135.HK , operator of the pipeline in China, on Wednesday
    * The company receives 250,000-300,000 cubic metres of
pipeline
gas daily from Russia, helping to ease tight gas supply in
winter season in Harbin, provincial capital of the north-most
region Heilongjiang
    * The 3,000-km (1,864 mile) pipeline, launched in December,
is
expected to transmit 4.6 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural
gas from Russia's Siberian gasfield to China, rising to 10 bcm
in 2021 and by 25 bcm in 2024  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N27Z04S


 (Reporting by Muyu Xu and Shivani Singh, editing by Louise
Heavens)
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