Astana continuing negotiations on possibility of building gas pipeline from Russia to China through Kazakhstan
The Kazakh Energy Ministry is continuing its dialogue regarding the construction of a transit gas pipeline from Russia to China, the ministry told Interfax.
"Issues of developing gas transport routes, including the Russia-Kazakhstan-China direction, are being studied. Interaction with interested parties on these issues continues," the Energy Ministry said in response to the agency's inquiry.
Work is also currently ongoing on the Ishim-Astana gas pipeline project, the ministry said.
"The technical and economic parameters of the project are being studied with the Russian side, and the conditions for its implementation are also being discussed," the ministry said.
Kazakh media previously reported that the project to build the Russia-Kazakhstan-China gas pipeline would most likely be scrapped because Gazprom and China's CNPC have signed a memorandum on constructing Power of Siberia 2 and a transit gas pipeline through Mongolian territory.
The Kazakh Energy Ministry had hoped that it would also be possible to develop the gas infrastructure of the country's northeastern regions through the implementation of this project.
Kazakh Ambassador to Russia Dauren Abayev previously said that the Kazakh government together with Russia's Gazprom plans to put the Ishim-Astana main gas pipeline into operation on January 1, 2030.
The Kazakh government and Gazprom signed a strategic cooperation agreement in 2023 aimed at developing interaction in the supply, transportation and processing of natural gas, as well as its geological exploration and production. The parties discussed a project to build gas pipeline infrastructure with a volume of 45 billion cubic meters of gas, of which, it was assumed, 10 bcm would go towards the gas infrastructure development of northeastern Kazakhstan and 35 bcm would go towards exports to China.
Later, in October 2025, Gazprom and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum on implementing a project to build a new main gas pipeline from Russia to Kazakhstan.
A main gas pipeline for supplying gas to consumers in the northern and northeastern regions of Kazakhstan has already been included in Russia's territorial planning scheme in the field of federal transport. The design gas transportation level is 10 bcm per year; the capacity of the compressor station is 50 MW.
Related News
Related News
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor acquires Swiss rotating equipment maintenance company AST Turbo AG
- Digital Exclusive: Evolving pressure relief valve designs protect LNG facilities
- RWE strengthens partnerships with ADNOC and Masdar to enhance energy security in Germany and Europe
- Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG hub hit by missile attack, ‘extensive damage’ reported
- Cook Inlet LNG advances FSRU project in Alaska (U.S.)
Comments