Gazprom says sets up company to mull Sila Sibiri 2 via Mongolia

MOSCOW, Jan 22 (PRIME) -- Company Gazoprovod Soyuz Vostok was established in Mongolia to develop technical feasibility studies for the Sila Sibiri 2 gas pipeline project, Russian gas giant Gazprom said in its Telegram channel on Friday.

The pipeline can run from Russia across the territory of Mongolia to China.

"The pipeline Soyuz Vostok will be continuation of Russian pipeline Sila Sibiri 2 on the territory of Mongolia, the export capacity can exceed the export capacity of Sia Sibiri by more than 30%," CEO Alexei Miller said as cited by the company.

"This will help us export gas from West Siberia in larger volumes not only westwards, but eastwards as well."

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