Gazprom
pipelines and export capacity
Газопроводы Газпрома и экспортные мощности
Gas pipelines of West Siberia
Газопроводы Западной Сибири
Export flows of Gazprom
Экспортные потоки
Spot, Gazprom, Brent
Цены на нефть и
газ
End-use price of gas
Russia and USA
Daily gas production
Суточная добыча
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Pipeline construction plan of
Gazprom exceeds the requirements
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Pipeline construction plan of
Gazprom indicates that in the future, the monopoly is likely to buy all gas
produced by Russian independents at discounted price or to take the independent production under
its control. All players of the Russian gas market could benefit from
independent gas pipelines.
Table
1. Gas production plan of Gazprom, bcm
Production region |
2006 |
2020 |
Total production, including |
556 |
650-670 |
- Shtokman |
- |
70 |
- Russian Far East and East
Siberia, including(*) |
- |
55 |
- -
- Sakhalin-2 (share of Gazprom) |
- |
7 |
- - - Sakhalin-3 |
- |
25 |
- - - Kovykta (*) |
- |
12 |
- - - Chayandinskoe (*) |
- |
12 |
- Other regions linked by
Gazprom pipelines |
556 |
525-545 |
(*) Minimum
level.
Source: Gazprom.
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In 2020, Gazprom plans
to supply about 30 bcm/year of gas from the Shtokman field in the
Barents Sea to Northwestern Russia via the
Murmansk-Volkhov pipeline. This gas will feed the second line of
the Nord Stream project.
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In 2020, in other areas
linked to the Unified Gas Pipeline System of Russia (UGPS), Gazprom
will produce less gas than in 2006.
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Except Shtokman, all
incremental supply of gas to the UGPS through 2020 will be provided
by independent producers and oil companies.
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The record daily gas
flows of January 2006 showed that the capacity of existing pipelines
of the UGPS is well above Gazprom's production target for 2020.
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Gazprom is going to
create a new 2400-km pipeline route from the Bovanenkovo gas field
in Yamal to Ukhta and Torzhok in Northwestern Russia.
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The multibillion-dollar
investments into the pipelines Bovanenkovo-Ukhta-Torzhok and
Bovanenkovo-Ukhta-Petrovsk can be profitable only if Gazprom buys
all independent gas at discounted price or takes the independent
production under its control.
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A shorter
550-km route
from Bovanenkovo to Yamburg can deliver all Yamal gas to the
UGPS. The capacity of existing pipelines in West Siberia exceeds the
production target of Gazprom by far.
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Construction of
independent pipelines from Nadym-Pur-Taz region to European Russia
looks more logical and beneficial for all participants of the
Russian gas market.
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Access to sales of
gas at the market price would provide an incentive for the
independent producers to increase gas production.
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Gazprom would save a
lot of money.
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There would be more
gas in the Russian market.
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Independents are
likely to have lower pipeline construction costs than Gazprom.
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Commissioning of just
one independent pipeline by 2011 can solve the West Siberian
capacity bottleneck and eliminate the need to build the
Bovanenkovo-Ukhta pipelines.
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Gazprom could be a
minority shareholder of the independent gas pipeline and its
operator.
Mikhail Korchemkin, ceo
July 18, 2008
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