What led to the failure in the Power of Siberia gas project

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Apparently, Gazprom is planning another failure, which risks becoming even more grandiose. Information has leaked into the Russian media that the resource base of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, the contract for the construction of which in China was pompously signed by President Putin, may not be sufficient to fulfill it due to the negligence of the state corporation’s leadership.

How and at the expense of whom now will our "effective managers" get out?



An agreement on gas supplies to the PRC for the next 30 years was signed in May 2014, as one of the symbols of the Russian "turn to the East." Negotiations on the terms of the agreement lasted for years, but Vladimir Putin flew to Beijing and "decided everything." The amount of the contract amounted to $ 400 billion, annually Russia must now pump 38 billion cubic meters of gas into the Celestial Empire when it reaches its design capacity in 2025. Now, six years later, the price of this “change” is being clarified.

At first, the project has significantly risen in price, which is not surprising in our realities. Instead of 800 billion rubles, we had to put 1,1 trillion from the budget on a barrel.

Secondly, after the launch, it suddenly became clear that the Chayandinskoye field is unable to provide the required volumes of raw materials. One of the managers of the state corporation Andrei Filippov told the media:

The main problem of the Chayanda [Chayandinskoye field] is that the field was not ready for development. It was at the intelligence stage. Exploration work is almost never started, not completed.

Two dozen wells turned out to be “dry”, for the rest the level of gas production was lowered. At the second field, selected as the resource base, Kovykta, the situation is even worse. Экономическая the appropriateness of the "Power of Siberia" has previously raised great doubts. Now this means that Gazprom is not able to fulfill the already concluded 30-year contract with China, which means it will fly to the next penalties if they are specified in the contract.

It remains to be asked, but how could this happen? The answer to it should make many think. According to media reports, the main reason was политическая installation of leadership on the accelerated signing of a contract with China in order to manage to take a place in the energy market of the Middle Kingdom. Because of this, a full exploration was not carried out, and the real gas reserves were estimated incorrectly. Also played a role technological backwardness of Russia. The sanction regime forced the use of low-quality drilling fluid of domestic production from the company of Igor Rotenberg during drilling, which led to the appearance of inferior wells. The result is even less gas produced.

As a result, irresponsible top managers of the state corporation hung financial obligations in the amount of $ 400 billion on our country. An indirect confirmation of another failure may be the activation of the Power of Siberia-2 project. The contract with China for its construction has not yet been signed, but, apparently, Gazprom intends to send gas from the fields of Western Siberia to the Power of Siberia-1 pipeline, for which a pipeline junction between them will be built.

In general, the true losses of the Russian oil and gas industry have yet to be assessed, if, of course, the Kremlin decides to open up public access to this kind of information.
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  1. -3
    30 May 2020 13: 17
    It's a bullshit question - give Gazprom another 2 lards for the new Urengoy-Chayanda gas pipeline, and everything is "covered in chocolate" - both Sechin and Miller, and brothers, and Irreplaceable (of course) ...
    1. +4
      30 May 2020 13: 51
      The question is not even how to solve the problem. And the fact that you need to drive these people into the neck with a wolf ticket, which you cannot even trust to clean toilets at the train station.
      1. -2
        30 May 2020 16: 39
        And the fact that you need to drive these people into the neck with a wolf ticket, which you cannot even trust to clean toilets at the train station.

        Reasoning slave about bad managers with a good master ...
        1. 0
          30 May 2020 17: 39
          Arguing why nonsense?
        2. 0
          31 May 2020 07: 00
          Quote: cmonman
          And the fact that you need to drive these people into the neck with a wolf ticket, which you cannot even trust to clean toilets at the train station.

          Reasoning slave about bad managers with a good master ...

          I’m not a servant, and I don’t believe in a good gentleman, if you still don’t understand.
          1. +3
            31 May 2020 13: 13
            Quote: Marzhetsky
            Quote: cmonman
            And the fact that you need to drive these people into the neck with a wolf ticket, which you cannot even trust to clean toilets at the train station.

            Reasoning slave about bad managers with a good master ...

            I’m not a servant, and I don’t believe in a good gentleman, if you still don’t understand.

            Stop biting with them. Leave them to me. laughing Better publish more articles. And with these I myself am pleased to have a drink. wassat I like to raise the ugly marginal public at my leisure. lol
            1. -1
              2 June 2020 15: 51
              ... Better publish more articles.

              Thanks so much for the support! And you "have fun", but without harming your health ...! drinks
              1. +3
                2 June 2020 22: 18
                Quote: cmonman
                ... Better publish more articles.

                Thanks so much for the support! And you "have fun", but without harming your health ...! drinks

                My health, this is perhaps the only thing that I have in this country, besides children, is mine: This is called freedom of speech. And I use it. Without any harm.
          2. 0
            31 May 2020 16: 32
            ... and I don’t believe in a good gentleman

            I noticed, Sergey, I noticed that there are just a few like you, but I would like to have many, very many! Because a great country with a great people should have a normal leader.
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              -2
              2 June 2020 07: 18
              I noticed, Sergey, I noticed that there are just a few like you, but I would like to have many, very many! Because a great country with a great people should have a normal leader.

              We do not have many of them accumulate, we send for export.
              1. 0
                2 June 2020 15: 43
                We do not have many of them accumulate, we send for export.

                Improving the gene pool of the West and worsening your own. Your genome for military service will do, but by whom?
                1. 123
                  0
                  2 June 2020 15: 59
                  “We don’t have a lot of them, we are exporting.”
                  Improving the gene pool of the West and worsening your own. Your genome for military service will do, but by whom?

                  Such a gene pool is not a pity, use it for health. Yes This neither for restoration, nor in the army will not work. As they say, neither steal nor guard. laughing
                  1. +1
                    2 June 2020 22: 11
                    Quote: 123
                    “We don’t have a lot of them, we are exporting.”
                    Improving the gene pool of the West and worsening your own. Your genome for military service will do, but by whom?

                    Such a gene pool is not a pity, use it for health. Yes This neither for restoration, nor in the army will not work. As they say, neither steal nor guard. laughing

                    Guarded a lot? Have you gained a lot? Probably enough in due time. Now retirement. Yes
        3. 123
          -1
          2 June 2020 07: 17
          Reasoning slave about bad managers with a good master ...

          Offensive things say. sad Do not dare insult slaves, this is not the case. No. Their horizons are much broader.winked
      2. +1
        1 June 2020 20: 22
        And you type behind the wheel !!! Literate !!! What have you done in your life useful for the country ?! Your articles are not considered as they do not contain any information, except rumors, gossip and OTHER Nonsense !!!
      3. 123
        -1
        2 June 2020 07: 12
        The question is not even how to solve the problem. And the fact that you need to drive these people into the neck with a wolf ticket, which you cannot even trust to clean toilets at the train station.

        Totally agree with you. good I don’t understand why the chief editor hasn’t done this yet.



        I recommend to see the second part hi
  2. +1
    30 May 2020 13: 58
    - Bravo, author ... - That's right ...
    - Personally, I have already written so much about ... about ... about ... - that I’ve just filled my teeth ...
    - Yes, our descendants will send us aspen stakes to our graves ... - After all, they will have to pay for everything ... - Well, our generation, of course ...- will also get ... - But we are to blame ...
    - Personally, I have long been writing about the fact that the so-called NOVATEK is entering the fraudulent arena in all its glory ...
    - Here, in comparison with it, Gazprom ... is just a miserable street pickpocket ... - And what a great scam; rather, the consequences of a scam ... related to the production and the whole company on fraud with LNG ... - they expect Russia soon ...- this can only be imagined ...
    - As for the Power of Siberia scam; about which I personally have been writing for more than a year ... -that they are ... -these consequences ... ?
    - Well, answer ...- for your minuses ... - Again there were no brave ones ...
    -Author ...- Respect and my plus ...
  3. -1
    30 May 2020 14: 34
    Fig stuffing. And here the Power of Siberia-2, the author, look at the map, it’s much easier to compensate for from the Sakhalin deposits, but it’s much easier to adjust the cessation of crap with lenta.
  4. 0
    30 May 2020 16: 01
    What a joy, happiness ... A new nonsense was accumulated ... Ur-r-ra !!!
    1. -4
      31 May 2020 06: 59
      Quote: SASS
      What a joy, happiness ... A new nonsense was accumulated ... Ur-r-ra !!!

      You first disprove this "crap", and then it will become clear who is the liar.
  5. +2
    30 May 2020 16: 30
    From the article:

    In general, the true losses of the Russian oil and gas industry have yet to be assessed, if, of course, the Kremlin decides to open up public access to this kind of information.

    It is necessary to evaluate by indirect methods, as The Kremlin will be silent. Gazprom will ask for a tax concession (and will receive it), the deadlines for the implementation of national projects will be postponed 10-15 years on, social changes will also not be in favor of the electorate (which is no stranger - the 2nd generation is already growing with immunity), and so on. d. Everything is always quiet and peaceful ...
    1. 123
      -2
      2 June 2020 07: 21
      How is prosperous America doing? The troops did not enter Baltimore?
  6. +1
    30 May 2020 16: 55
    I have a question for the author of this fabrication, is there at least something that Russia is doing right and if it is doing everything wrong, then why does it occupy one seventh of the land on the planet?
    1. -1
      30 May 2020 17: 38
      Yes, we are wondering why, and I will add: "so far."
    2. 0
      31 May 2020 06: 57
      Do not confuse Russia and "effective managers". The size of our country is not at all their merit.
  7. -1
    30 May 2020 17: 37
    Gas, like people, is not a pity, we still give birth.
    1. 123
      -2
      2 June 2020 07: 23
      Gas, like people, is not a pity, we still give birth.

      It’s not worthwhile to give birth to gas in a decent society. Home on the farm and blow the straw as much as you want.
  8. 0
    30 May 2020 22: 04
    Quote header:

    What led to the failure of the Power of Siberia gas project?

    Answer:

    Gazprom's "effective" managers!
  9. +3
    31 May 2020 08: 04
    The trouble with Russia is that all these state-owned companies - suckers to the budget, do not have real competition in their activities ...
    In their activities, they are based on irremovability in the echelons of power, the most that can happen among these "effective managers" is the reshuffling of the same deck of managers ....
    If for construction in progress, a project, be it a gas pipeline, a spaceport
    etc. - the punishment today is only additional financing, instead of articles of the Criminal Code and confiscation of property.
  10. +2
    31 May 2020 13: 20
    Sergey, you are again noted in the fake, there is already an official refutation, with which I congratulate you! Lenta.ru is an ideal resource.
  11. +3
    31 May 2020 20: 03
    He himself invented a fake, he propagated it himself, now he refers to it, and draws global conclusions!
    Multi-channel !!!
    Maybe a psychiatrist after all? And then the idea-fix "gaspromfsyo" will not lead to good ... fool
  12. +1
    31 May 2020 22: 13
    They made a big mistake by not including the talented manager Mudko on the board.
  13. -3
    1 June 2020 08: 00
    The funeral team is not working well! How much can a country be buried?
  14. +1
    1 June 2020 11: 10
    The management of "Gazprom" got a little snickering, transferring itself to the category of gods.