April 22 is world earth day, and the “leaders’ climate summit” hosted by the United States is also on the stage here. “Low carbon” has become the key word in dealing with climate change. Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward ambitious emission reduction targets, and Chinese leaders also reiterated the “double carbon” target. The chairman of the board of directors of the Russian natural gas group (hereinafter referred to as “Gazprom”) said that Russia China natural gas cooperation has broad prospects.

President of “Gazprom”: China will become the most promising natural gas market

Victor Zubkov, chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom, is very concerned about China’s natural gas market. Recently, in an interview with TASS, he said, “China has become the world’s largest natural gas importer and the third largest energy consumer. China’s natural gas consumption is growing at a double-digit rate and may double in the next 15 years. China will become the most promising natural gas market. ”

China’s “people’s Daily” reported that in 2020, China’s natural gas imports will achieve steady growth, and the sources of natural gas imports will be diversified. China’s customs data show that in 2020, China’s natural gas imports will be 101.661 million tons, up 5.3% year on year; The import value was 231.49 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 19.4%.

China’s “two carbon” target promotes the growth of natural gas consumption

China’s strong natural gas demand is closely related to the national ecological policy. At the general debate of the 75th UN General Assembly in September 2020, China proposed for the first time that carbon dioxide emissions should strive to reach the peak by 2030 and achieve the goal of carbon neutrality by 2060. On April 22, when attending the leaders’ climate summit, Chinese leaders once again reiterated the goal of “two carbon”, and said that China adheres to the development path of ecological priority, green and low carbon.

China Petroleum Business Daily reported that carbon emissions are closely related to energy consumption, and more than 85% of carbon emissions come from energy activities. Therefore, the green and low-carbon transformation of energy structure is the key measure to achieve the goal of “double carbon”. China’s 14th five year plan clearly proposes to promote the energy revolution, build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, and further promote the low-carbon transformation in industries, construction, transportation and other fields.

As a clean fossil energy, natural gas emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases are much smaller than coal and oil. There is no doubt that the positive effect of natural gas replacing coal on carbon emission reduction. In the future, China’s natural gas consumption will continue to grow, and natural gas will occupy a place in the future emerging energy system.

China Russia natural gas pipeline project “Siberian power-2″ is being planned

China’s natural gas imports come from a variety of sources. In terms of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline gas, Russia ranks in the top five. The natural gas project currently under cooperation between the two countries is the East China Russia natural gas pipeline (Russia called “Siberian power”), which is divided into north section, middle section and south section.

According to China National Petroleum and natural gas pipeline network group, the north section of the pipeline was officially ventilated on December 2, 2019 in the presence of leaders of the two countries, with a supply life of 30 years. The middle section will be completed by the end of 2020 to transport natural gas to Beijing and Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. After the completion of the whole line, 38 billion cubic meters of high-quality natural gas can be supplied every year.

After the project was put into operation, China and Russia announced the establishment of a working group to jointly explore another natural gas pipeline scheme, which will transport Russian gas to China through Mongolia《 Previously, the website of Russian daily reported that “Gazprom” has begun to design the “Siberian power-2″ natural gas pipeline, with an annual transportation capacity of 50 billion cubic meters.