BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb.13
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy Nurlan Nogayev has proposed to look into the possibility to build Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline going through the territory of Kazakhstan, Trend reports with reference to the press office of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy.
The topic was discussed at the meeting between Nogayev and Russia’s Minister of Energy Alexander Novak, held on Feb. 12.
The parties exchanged opinions on the issues of bilateral cooperation in fuel and energy sphere, as well as talked cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union.
Nogayev also proposed to consider the possibility of laying the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline through Kazakh territory with its further joining to the Chinese West-East pipeline.
In turn, Novak noted the constructive nature of Russia-Kazakhstan energy cooperation, as well as mutually beneficial cooperation of two countries in area of oil and gas transportation.
In Nov. 2019, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin said that Kazakhstan’s government is looking at two options on supplying gas to its Pavlodar region and taking into consideration an environmental situation in the region the country is looking into the Power of Siberia 2 project.
The Power of Siberia 2 project is a gas pipeline between Russia’s gas fields in Western Siberia and the Xinjiang autonomous territory in China. There is a chance that the pipeline may be joined to the Chinese West-East pipeline, which will bring transported gas to Shanghai.
Due to the fact that according to preliminary project, the pipeline is to be constructed through Ukok Plateau (Russia), which is recognized as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, there is an opinion that the pipeline should be constructed bypassing the Ukok Plateau, i.e. via territory of Kazakhstan or Mongolia.
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