Kovykta-Sayansk-Irkutsk Gas Pipeline

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Kovykta-Sayansk-Irkutsk Gas Pipeline (Газопровод "Ковыкта-Саянск-Иркутск"), also known as Kovykta - Zhigalovo-Sayansk-Angarsk-Irkutsk Gas Pipeline (Газопровод "Ковыкта-Жигалово-Саянск-Ангарск-Иркутск") is a proposed gas pipeline in Russia.

A portion of this pipeline from the Kovykta Gas Field to Zima is sometimes referred to as the Kovyktinskoye-Zima Gas Pipeline (Газопровод "Ковыктинское-Зима").

Location

The pipeline is proposed to start in the Kovykta Gas Field and run through Zhigalovo, Sayansk, and Angarsk to Irkutsk, Russia.

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Location, Kovykta-Zhigalovo Gas Pipeline

The pipeline will run from the Kovykta Gas Field to Zhigalovo.

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Project Details

• Operator: Gazprom
• Owner: Gazprom
• Parent company: Gazprom
• Capacity: 2.50 bcm/year
• Length: 410.10 miles / 660 kilometers
• Diameter: 28.35 inches
• Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2028
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Kovykta Gas Field (Russia); Power of Siberia Gas Pipeline; Power of Siberia 2 Gas Pipeline

Project Details, Kovykta-Zhigalovo Gas Pipeline

• Operator: Gazprom
• Owner: Gazprom
• Parent company: Gazprom
• Capacity: 0.0034 bcm/year
• Length: 112 kilometers
• Diameter: 720 mm
• Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2025
• Cost: RUB 5 billion
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure: Kovykta Gas Field (Russia)

Background

A pipeline running from the Kovykta Gas Field to Irkutsk, Russia is shown as a "prospective gas pipeline" on Gazprom's website, as of October 2020. It is also shown on the Gazprom 2019 Annual Report. This project would connect to Power of Siberia Gas Pipeline or Power of Siberia 2 Gas Pipeline. The project was discussed between the governor of Irkutsk region and President Vladimir Putin in September 2020. In March 2021, it was reported that work was underway to include construction of the Kovykta-Sayansk-Irkutsk gas pipeline in the federal agenda. In November 2021, it was reported that the authorities of the Irkutsk region expect the pipeline to be commissioned by 2028. It was then also mentioned that the pipeline would pass from the Kovykta Gas Field, through Sayansk and Angarsk, to Irkutsk.

A media report from January 2022 noted that in 2014 Gazprom officially declared that gasification of the south of the Irkutsk region, including Irkutsk and Sayansk, on the basis of the Kovykta field was not economically feasible. However, Gazprom mentioned that the project would be possible if the state takes over the construction of the pipeline. In January 2022, the government of Irkutsk region proposed to expand the program for the development of gas supply and gasification of the region. If the program is approved, it will include the construction of the Zhigalovo-Sayansk section of the gas pipeline.

In May 2022, it was reported that the government of Sayansk had requested data on gas demand from large industrial companies in Sayansk and Angarsk. It appears that there may be government plans to extend the pipeline to these two cities.

As of July 2023, there have not been any updates about the project. The pipeline is still marked as "prospective/under construction" on the map in the Gazprom's 2022 Annual Report.

The Gas Infrastructure Development Program of the Irkutsk Region for 2021-2025, signed between Gazprom and the Irkutsk region in 2021, includes construction of a section of the pipeline from the Kovykta Gas Field to Zhigalovo. The Kovykta-Zhigalovo pipeline is expected to be commissioned in 2024-2025. According several sources, the pipeline was built a while ago, but still has not begun delivering gas to Zhigalovo.

As of July 2024, there have not been any updates about the project. Plans for the construction of the Kovykta-Sayansk-Irkutsk Gas Pipeline and the Kovykta-Zhigalovo section remain uncertain despite the need for gasification of the Irkutsk region.