Rosneft President Igor Sechin has repeatedly said that his company is not against Gazprom's monopoly on exports / ITAR - TASS

Rosneft intends to supply up to 18 billion cubic meters per year to the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, ITAR-TASS reported, citing a government source. According to him, Rosneft is negotiating with Gazprom and discussing with the Ministry of Energy the possibility of supplying gas from Eastern Siberian fields to the Power of Siberia gas pipeline. A source close to Gazprom confirmed this to Vedomosti. Rosneft Chairman of the Board of Directors Alexander Nekipelov told the agency that Rosneft is currently considering various options for monetizing associated petroleum gas, primarily through supplies to the new Power of Siberia gas transportation system. Rosneft and Gazprom representatives declined to comment on the supply volumes.

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billion cubic meters - this is how much gas independent gas producers can supply to Power of Siberia, according to Energy Minister Alexander Novak

In 2013, Rosneft produced about 38 billion cubic meters of gas. After 2020, it intends to produce 100 billion cubic meters of gas per year, take 20% of the domestic Russian gas market and begin supplying LNG to Asia-Pacific countries. The company's large gas fields in Eastern Siberia are Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye (387 billion cubic meters) and Srednebotuobinskoye (115 billion cubic meters). Energy Minister Alexander Novak said that Rosneft also raised the issue of considering the possibility of further gas supplies via the Power of Siberia not only to the domestic market, but also to China. "[The issue] requires in-depth study, including - for what purposes the license was issued, where the gas should be supplied, how the construction of the infrastructure was planned when the license was issued," he said (quoted by Interfax).

The Power of Siberia with a capacity of 61 billion cubic meters of gas is needed to supply gas from the Irkutsk and Yakut gas production centers. Gas production in Yakutia will be developed on the basis of the Chayandinskoye field, its gas reserves are 1.2 trillion cubic meters. In the Irkutsk region, production will begin on the basis of the Kovyktinskoye field at the second stage, gas reserves are 1.5 trillion cubic meters. Both fields belong to Gazprom. Independent producers also want to supply gas to the pipeline. Among them is the Irkutsk Oil Company (INK). A source close to it says that access to the Power of Siberia project could solve the problem of methane sales (the representative declined to comment). Raiffeisenbank analyst Andrei Polischuk says that Surgutneftegaz and Dulisma may be interested in gas supplies. Surgutneftegaz is developing the Talakanskoye field, located on the border of the Irkutsk region and Yakutia. It was not possible to obtain comments from a company representative. Near Kovykta there is a large gas field, the Angara-Lenskoye field. The license belongs to the company Petromir, co-owned by Gennady Timchenko's Volga Group. His representative declined to comment.

Gazprom intends to supply gas to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline. The parties have been negotiating the terms of the contract for about 10 years. The contract could be signed in May and come into force before the end of 2014. "The problem is not in supplying gas, but in selling it. So far, I don't see anyone willing to buy Rosneft's gas," says Mikhail Korchemkin, director of East European Gas Analysis. Sergei Vakhrameev, an analyst at Ankorinvest, recalls that Rosneft has already contracted about 85 billion cubic meters of gas. But it is not clear from which fields the company could supply gas to China, he notes.

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