RUSSIA EYES YET ANOTHER GAS PIPELINE TO CHINA

Apart from preparing to build the Altai gas pipeline from Western Siberia, Russian authorities have also indicated plans to build a new gas pipeline from Sakhalin to neighboring China along a network of gas pipelines to supply domestic consumers in Russia’s Far East.

After meeting with Exxon Neftegaz Limited head Stephen Terni, Khabarovsk region’s governor Viktor Ishayev said that local authorities were considering a new gas pipeline to China.