Why does the Sino-Russian natural gas pipeline pass through Mongolia?

The Sino-Russian natural gas pipeline passes through Mongolia because this route is reasonable in all aspects.

As a country with the richest natural gas resources in the world, Russia ranks first in the world in terms of output, with an annual output of about 600 billion cubic meters. As a neighbor of Russia and a big energy consumer, China also imports a lot of oil, natural gas and other resources from Russia every year.

So China and Russia began to plan Siberian Power II. According to the plan, this pipeline starts from Dalin Redchenko, Siberia, Russia, passes through Mongolia, and finally reaches China. With a total length of about 6,700 kilometers, it can transport up to 50 billion cubic meters of natural gas to China every year.

There is also a 55-kilometer Sino-Russian border area in the west, which is located in Altai Mountain, Xinjiang, and the transmission point of its natural gas pipeline is located in the west of Russia. If you take this route, the transportation distance is only about 1.900 km, and then you can access the pipeline of west-east gas transmission in China and transport it to the eastern region. It seems that the direct route to China is obviously more suitable.

Russia has another idea, which is to win over Mongolia. The Sino-Russian gas pipeline passes through Mongolia, and China has to pay a certain "toll" every year. We should know that the oil pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey passes through Georgia and Turkey, but the cost is too high.

Sino-Russian gas supply agreement:

In 2006, China and Russia began to design and build natural gas pipelines on the eastern and western routes, and Gazprom signed a memorandum of cooperation with PetroChina. According to the plan, two natural gas pipelines to China will be built. The western pipeline will transport the natural gas mined in western Siberia to Xinjiang, China. The eastern pipeline is transported to the northeast of China through the Russian Far East.

On May 2, 2065438 (the second day of AsiaInfo Shanghai Summit 20 14), Gazprom and China Oil and Gas Corporation finally signed a gas supply agreement for a period of 30 years. China and Russia signed two cooperation documents in Shanghai, including the purchase and sale contract for the East China Sea natural gas supply project, and the leaders of the two countries witnessed the signing ceremony.

According to the document published on the Russian legal information website 12 in May 2023, the Russian Prime Minister signed an order, deciding that the Russian government would approve the agreement on Russian natural gas transmission to China through the Far East route, and submit the relevant documents to the Russian State Duma for deliberation. The above agreement was signed on June 5438+1October 3 1 day, 2023, which stipulated the conditions for Russia to transport natural gas to China through the Far East route, including the pipeline from the Dalineelensk region of Russia to the Hulin region of China.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Sino-Russian Natural Gas Supply Agreement.