Gas pipeline for gas infrastructure development of northern, northeastern Kazakhstan included in Russia's territorial planning scheme
MOSCOW. Feb 20 (Interfax) - The main gas pipeline supplying gas to consumers in the northern and northeastern regions of Kazakhstan has been included in Russia's territorial planning scheme concerning federal transportation (in the field of pipeline transport).
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the corresponding decree, no. 379-r, on February 18. The document has been published on the official online portal of legal information.
Projected gas transportation is 10 billion cubic meters per year, with a compressor station capacity of 50 MW, according to the document.
The document lists the settlements and municipalities related to the project within the Tyumen region, which borders Kazakhstan's North Kazakhstan region.
As reported, the Kazakh government and Gazprom signed an agreement on strategic cooperation in 2023 aimed at enhancing collaboration in supplying, transporting and processing natural gas, as well as its geological exploration and extraction. The parties are discussing a project for constructing gas pipeline infrastructure with a capacity of 45 bcm of gas, of which 10 bcm are expected to be used for northeastern Kazakhstan's gas infrastructure development while 35 bcm will be exported to China.
Russia's territorial planning scheme is a prerequisite for the development of strategic projects in the Russian economy. Information about the location of future federal facilities, as well as the regions and municipalities where their design and construction are planned, is consolidated in the Economic Development Ministry's Federal State Information System of Territorial Planning (FSIS TP). Inclusion of the project in the planning scheme is the starting point for determining the basic direction of the route, following which the process of land acquisition for engineering surveys and land rights can begin. This mechanism simplifies the process of securing land rights for engineering surveys by establishing a public easement on behalf of the investor instead of costly and time-consuming land lease.
