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The first pipeline linking Siberia in Russia and China's Daqing oilfield, in the northeast of the country,moncler, started operating on Jan 1. The 16 billion yuan ($2.42 billion) pipeline is expected to carry 15 million tons of crude oil annually from Russia to China for 20 years.
The country may consume 300 billion cu m by then, leaving a huge market for other overseas providers of the fuel to tap into.
In the negotiations with China, Russia hoped to secure a price similar to that paid by its European customers,abercrombie, but China insisted on paying a lower price as it did with several Asian countries such as Turkmenistan.
Russia's biggest natural gas export destination is Europe. However a trend through 2008 and 2009 saw demand for the fuel declining.
"China is exploring closer cooperation with Russia in the field of natural gas. However,moncler, as the country's consumption power per capita lags far behind its counterparts in the West, the natural gas price is much lower and cannot compete with the West," Huang said.
BEIJING - China may reach an initial agreement with Russia on natural gas pricing - a subject of great contention for years - by the middle of 2011, industry experts close to the matter said.
"We've seen that the price gap has narrowed during the past several months. And we're cautiously optimistic that the initial price disagreement will be solved in the first half of 2011," said Wan Chengcai, director for the Russian Foreign Relations Development Research Center under the State Council.
The two countries signed a natural gas contact as early as 2006,abercrombie and fitch, when they agreed to construct two pipelines to transport a total of 70 billion cubic meters (cu m) of the fuel annually from Russia to China.
China is expected to more than double the proportion of natural gas it consumes on an annual primary basis from the current level of 4 percent by 2020.
A worker collects the first bottle of crude oil from Russia through a newly finished pipeline in Daqing, Heilongjiang province. Experts say the two countries are working on an agreement about the price of natural gas. [Photo / China Daily]
"The operation of the oil pipeline is just the beginning of the countries' cooperation in the energy sector,coach outlet, and a deeper and broader partnership can be developed afterwards," said Huang Xiaoyong,christian louboutin, vice-president of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
China has strengthened its cooperation with Russia, the world's largest energy producer since 2009,piumini moncler, in terms of exploration and supplies of crude oil and natural gas.
Sino-Russian disputes could be solved by mid-2011: expert
"The cooperation between China and Russia in the energy sector will undoubtedly be increased. But the negotiation process in natural gas pricing may last for a long time,louboutin, given that it involves the interests of both China as a nation and its companies. We hope the two nations can reach an agreement in the summer,abercrombie, and see more cooperation in the sectors of hydropower, nuclear power and coal,abercrombie france," Wan said.
2011-01-20 16:59The first pipeline is expected to become operational this year. But disagreement on the pricing of natural gas has stalled negotiations for several years.
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