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Global Construction Update: LNG Markets, Resurgent China Kindle Pipeline Projects

by Jeff Awalt, Executive Editor, Pipeline & Gas Journal   Global midstream markets continue to face near-term headwinds and economic uncertainties, but Europe’s rapid transition from Russian energy and projected higher demand in Asia continue to drive midstream expansion in those regions and others ..

Distance and politics mean no easy solution to Russia’s pipeline problem

Power of Siberia 2, Russia’s long-in-development pipeline designed to send additional gas to China, has taken on a new importance in the past year because of Moscow’s collapsing energy relationship with Europe. The proposed route for the Soyuz–Vostok portion of the pipeline would run from Irkutsk, across Mongolia and onwards to Beijing. It would carry 50–80bn m³/yr of gas.