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The St. Petersburg (Russia 🇷🇺) International Gas Forum was held on Oct. 31st - Nov. 03rd 2023 as representatives across Eurasia, China and Türkiye / West Asia convened to help shape the future of natural gas markets. The International Scientific-Practical Conference topic was “Underground Gas Storage: Reliability and Efficiency“ where multiple countries shared data for technological advancements. Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar hopes in 2024 to launch the initiative for a natural gas distribution hub/platform based in Türkiye 🇹🇷, with sourcing of gas from Russia via the TurkStream pipeline. Last year, Russia’s FSB thwarted attempts of sabotage & terrorist attacks on the gas pipeline. Russia’s Gazprom and the government of Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 signed a strategic memorandum of cooperation in the energy sector. Recently we reported that parties are discussing the construction of the fourth branch (D) of the Turkmenistan 🇹🇲-China🇨🇳 gas pipeline, which would pass through Uzbekistan. Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller spoke about the launch of gas supplies through Kazakhstan 🇰🇿to Uzbekistan via the Central Asia - Center gas pipeline system. He said, “...this particular project is a signal to the global gas market that the intensification of relations in the gas industry between countries of Eurasia is a trend that to a great extent will determine the dynamics of gas consumption growth“. Russia has not closed the western route for gas supplies, it is open for negotiations on supplies to Europe 🇪🇺, but is waiting for proposals from the buyer. Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 wants Gazprom to produce oil and gas on its territory. Over the past 10 years, Kyrgyzstan gas supply to the population grew from 22% to 38%. Gazprom is considering new routes and the Bukhara-Ural gas pipeline to increase supplies to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Video source: Петербургский международный газовый форум Источник: The Paradigm Shift Channel ⏳
