Geopolitics could push more Russian gas to China via Central Asia [Gas in Transition]

Geopolitics could push more Russian gas to China via Central Asia [Gas in Transition]

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Geopolitics could push more Russian gas to China via Central Asia [Gas in Transition]

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The troubled Line D of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline could be built on the back of Russia’s market woes in Europe. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 3] by: Paolo Sorbello

The sale of Russia’s natural gas to Europe has fallen by around four fifths since the beginning of the war in Ukraine last year, pushing the Kremlin to look for alternative routes and customers. Infrastructure going through its Central Asian neighbours could be the key for a re-routing of gas exports, especially given the increased domestic energy needs in the region. Serdar Berdymukhamedov, who became Turkmenistan’s president succeeding his father in March 2022, went to Beijing in his first foreign visit of 2023. One of the few pieces of data he used to celebrate the 31st anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries was that to date, Turkmenistan had sent at least 350bn m3...

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