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Yakutia is relatively close to China, but most Russian gas exported to Europe comes from Western Siberia, which is farther away from China.
by yorwba 5y ago
Yakutia is relatively close to China, but most Russian gas exported to Europe comes from Western Siberia, which is farther away from China.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoIt doesn't matter. From https://lngprime.com/asia/chinas-zhejiang-energy-to-buy-stake-in-russias-yakutia-lng-project/39601/ https://lngprime.com/asia/chinas-zhejiang-energy-to-buy-stak... > The firm said it expects Yatek’s gas reserves to rise to 567 billion cubic meters in the third quarter of 2022.
- yorwba 5y agoRussia had 48 938 billion cubic meters of proven gas reserves in 2020 ( https://asb.opec.org/data/ASB_Data.php https://asb.opec.org/data/ASB_Data.php Table 9.1: World proven natural gas reserves by country) Those 567 billion cubic meters might be a big deal for Yatek, but they're a drop in the bucket for the country as a whole.
- rad_gruchalski 5y agoAt the current 1.8m m3/year, they have plenty of time to build a longer pipeline.