On October 5 at the 7th St
Petersburg International Gas Forum, Russian gas giant Gazprom, China National
Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Kazakhstan national oil and gas company
KazMunayGas signed a Memorandum of Understanding in long-term strategic
cooperation in the natural gas vehicle (NGV) market, including via developing
the natural gas filling infrastructure at the Europe – China international
transport corridor.
The document was signed by
Vitaly
Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee,
Huang
Weihe, Vice President of PetroChina (under a power of attorney on
behalf of CNPC), and
Daniyar Berlibayev, Executive Vice
President for Transportation, Processing and Marketing of KazMunayGas.
The Memorandum provides
for, inter alia, an assessment of the potential number of gas-powered cargo
vehicles and the amount of natural gas that could be used for refueling
vehicles at the Russian, Kazakh and Chinese sections of the route in the period
up to 2030, Gazprom said in a press release, adding that the results of the
assessment will serve as the basis for the drawing up of the tripartite Roadmap
for the development of the natural gas filling network along the Europe – China
international transport route.
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/gazprom-cnpc-kazmunaygas-boost-strategic-cooperation/