Gazprom同CNPC签订天然气管道协议

Russian Gazprom and Chinese CNPC on September 4 signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract to construct the underwater crossing of cross-border gas pipeline, Power of Siberia, under the Amur river. China Pipeline Bureau, a part of CNPC, will be the contractor for the project.  According to a Gazprom statement, the contract was signed by Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and CNPC chairman Wang Yilin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China.In 2014, Gazprom and CNPC signed the sale-purchase agreement for gas to be supplied via the eastern route (Power of Siberia gas pipeline). The 30-year agreement provides for Russian gas deliveries to China in the amount of 38bn m3 every year.In 2015, the two parties also signed an initial agreement for pipeline deliveries of natural gas from Russia to China via the western route (Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline).