Russian energy company Gazprom is conducting the route preparations needed to send gas through the Power of Siberia pipeline to China, its top executive said. Gazprom officials meet in the Siberian city of Tomsk to discuss efforts to build a pipeline to China. The company said the pipeline’s route is clear, line preparation is under way and surveys have been conducted for underwater sections. Gazprom estimates the project will require more than 120 thousand tons of large-diameter pipe. Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller said project preparations are in full swing . “All of Gazprom’s obligations to start gas supplies to China will be performed in full and in due time,” he said during Thursday’s meeting. Gazprom has a 30-year sales agreement with China National Petroleum Corp. that calls […]