Construction of Power of Siberia GTS to Commence

Gazprom informed that the first pipes for the Power of Siberia gas transmission system (GTS) were delivered to Lensk (Yakutia). The first batch consists of 260 1,420-millimeter pipes with a 21.7 millimeter wall thickness and the total weight of some 2.4 thousand tons. The pipes are currently stocked at the temporary storage; they will be used for constructing the GTS section from the Chayandinskoye field to Lensk. All in all, in 2014 it is planned to deliver over 120 thousand tons of pipe products.

The Power of Siberia is a gas transmission system intended for gas delivery from the Irkutsk and Yakutia gas production centers to the Russian Far East and China. Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation signed the contract for the Russian pipeline gas supply to China. The 30-year contract stipulates gas supplies in the amount of 38 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

The domestically manufactured pipes are delivered to Ust-Kut (Irkutsk Region) via the railway and further to Lensk by barge. In order to arrange and manage the goods traffic, a united logistic center was set up in Ust-Kut. Between 2014 and 2018 it is planned to deliver over 1,700 tons of pipes.