Construction of the 960-kilometer gas pipeline “Union East” from Russia through Mongolia to China will begin in 2024. Such a deadline called the Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia Sightnagygine Amarsaykhan, his words brings “Interfax”.
Now the route of the gas pipeline with a length of 960.5 kilometers is defined. It is assumed that by the end of 2021 the design will begin, and the preparatory work will be completed within two years.
“To date, the implementation of the TEO is 70 percent. During a telephone conversation between the Prime Ministers of the two countries, on November 9, an exchange of information was exchanged about the joint implementation of mutually beneficial, large-scale projects. In this regard, the ministers given appropriate instructions,” commented on Amarsaykhan.
Gas pipeline “Soyuz East” will be held through the territory of Mongolia and will be the continuation of the Russian power gas pipeline “Power of Siberian-2”, the export capacity of which can exceed the power of the power Siberia gas pipeline by more than 1.3 times.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2020 approved the “power of Siberia-2” gas pipeline in Western China through Mongolia. In May Gazprom started design and survey work. The capacity of the gas pipeline can be 50 billion cubic meters per year. Currently, the first section of the Power Siberia gas pipeline is already operated, the construction of which lasted five years and ended in 2019.