Gazprom: Prospects for the growth of gas consumption in the world are mainly linked to the countries of Asia, especially China

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Alexei Miller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Russian company Gazprom, announced that the company worked steadily and efficiently in 2022, and entered 2023 with confidence, explaining that in 2022 the company paid more than 5 trillion rubles to the country's budget at various levels.

Miller said in a statement today: In 2022, Gazprom worked steadily and efficiently for the benefit of Russia and its citizens, and the No. 1 task for us is a reliable supply of gas to Russian consumers, and as always we implemented it with confidence, as we supplied gas to citizens according to operating data with a volume of 243 billion cubic meters. of gas.

Miller indicated that he is fully prepared to receive the winter season when the load to use gas reaches its peak, pointing out that Russian storage facilities have been filled to a record level of 72.662 billion cubic meters.

Miller explained that in 2022 gas production in Russia reached 412.6 billion cubic meters, and Gazprom delivered 100.9 billion cubic meters, of which to non-CIS countries, stressing that the prospects for growth in gas consumption in the world are mainly linked to the countries of Asia and above all. With China, where we strengthen our positions in this direction and increase gas exports to it through the Siberian gas pipeline.

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