en.Wedoany.com Reported - Russia's Gazprom plans to commission the "Belogorsk–Khabarovsk" gas pipeline project in 2026, which will connect the already operational "Power of Siberia" pipeline with the "Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok" main pipeline. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller announced this plan at the annual shareholders' meeting.

This pipeline project is part of the first phase of the large-scale "Eastern Gas Supply System," which, once completed, will integrate natural gas transmission capacities from western and eastern Russia.

Miller estimated the initial total natural gas resources in Russia's Arctic region at 100 trillion cubic meters. According to TASS, citing Miller, Gazprom expands its mineral resource base in this area every year. The main breakthroughs in geological exploration in 2025 came from the Arctic continental shelf: proven reserves increased at the Ledovoye gas field in the Barents Sea and the Leningradskoye gas field in the Kara Sea.

Miller noted that recent global developments have brought foreign energy companies back to reality, with firms that had recently rejected fossil fuels now announcing new oil and gas projects. Supply reliability has once again become a top priority, and natural gas resources are therefore seen as a key competitive advantage. Gazprom continues to invest as planned in expanding its resource base and advancing geological exploration.

Gazprom is also currently engaged in specific discussions with China regarding new opportunities in the natural gas export sector.

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