Gazprom President Aleksey Miller made a statement about the production figures of Gazprom, which includes the works for 2022. Stating that 412 billion tons of gas was produced in Russia this year, Miller said, “Gazprom produced 412 billion 600 million cubic meters of gas in 2022. This gas will be enough for us to fulfill all our obligations to our domestic consumers and to provide the necessary volumes for export. Gapzprom’ “243 billion 100 million cubic meters of gas from the flour gas transmission system will be provided to our Russian consumers. 100 billion 900 million cubic meters of natural gas will be supplied abroad,” he said.
‘I WANT TO INDICATE THAT THIS YEAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT’
Stating that there is a deviation of 65 billion cubic meters in the sales of Russian gas compared to the 2022 estimates and the decline in the sales estimates is due to the sanctions imposed on Russia by the European countries, Miller said, “You know that we are behind the forecasts by 65 billion cubic meters. Of this 65 billion cubic meters of gas, 55 billion cubic meters You understand that it belongs to a European country. This tells a lot. I would like to point out that this year has been a difficult year. There have been total changes in the energy markets, literally. We used to call such changes ‘extreme volatility’, towards the end of the year we started to say that it was ‘turbulence’. ‘ he said.
Miller also pointed to the increase in gas consumption in China, emphasizing that gas shipments to China could increase by 20 percent in the next 20 years.
‘THIS DECISION WAS TAKEN AT THE LEVEL OF THE LEADERS OF TWO COUNTRIES’
Speaking about the project to create a natural gas center in Turkey, with the suggestion of Russian President Vladimir Putin and warmly welcomed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Miller stated that they reached an agreement with the Turkish side on this project and said, “Together with the Turkish side, there is a natural gas distribution center in this country. “We started the practical implementation of the project. This decision was taken at the level of the leaders of the two countries, and we started the practical implementation of this project. Therefore, of course, we are thinking about our new projects and our energy security. I would like to state that the TurkStream and Blue Stream projects in the marine pipelines are working with confidence.” (UAV)