The Russian gas major confirmed it is fast-tracking major investments within its Eastern Gas Program to ramp up production and gas transmission capacities from Siberia to China. In Yakutia, Gazprom is working to bring the Chayandinskoye gas field to its design output of 25 Bcm and the Amur Gas Processing Plant is nearly 60% complete.
With a design processing capacity of 42 Bcm/year, the facility is essential to ramp up throughput of the China interconnector. To power the Amur GPP, Gazprom is building a new 160 MW combined-cycle power station called Svobodny TPP which is scheduled to start up in late 2020.
Installation of the first and second production trains is nearly finished and equipment is being prepared for start-up and commissioning. At the same time, gas separation equipment is being installed on train three and four.
New focus on 'Northern Gas Corridor'
The Russian arctic, notably the Yamal Peninsula is another key focus of Gazprom’s upstream efforts. This strategic oil- and gas bearing region has explored gas reserves of 16.7 trillion cubic meters, where Gazprom seeks to achieve an annual output of 310–360 billion cubic meters of gas. To this end, 52 new gas wells will be brought onstream at the Bovanenkovskoye field as well as a connecting pipeline, stretching to the Kharasaveyskoye field.
Eager to expand the northern gas transmission corridor, Gazprom is setting up compressor stations and workshops at the Bovanenkovo– Ukhta 2 and Ukhta– Torzhok 2 gas pipelines. Supply from the northern gas corridor can be transported westbound and partially serve as a feedstock for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.