MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. Gas transportation to China via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline resumed on April 5 after scheduled repairs were completed, Gazprom said in a statement on Tuesday.

"Scheduled maintenance works on the Power of Siberia gas pipeline has been completed. Gas transportation has been resumed today, as planned," the company said. The scheduled repair works on the gas pipeline were held from March 29 to April 4.

The Power of Siberia gas pipeline is the largest gas transportation system in Eastern Russia. The pipeline’s export capacity reaches 38 bln cubic meters of gas per year. The first deliveries of Russian gas to China via the pipeline along the "eastern" route started in December 2019 under a 30-year contract concluded between Gazprom and China's CNPC back in 2014. The annual volume of gas supplies reaches 38 bln cubic meters, the contract amounts to $400 bln. The planned capacity was expected to be reached by 2025.

In 2020, Gazprom delivered 4.1 bln cubic meters of gas to China via Power of Siberia from the Chayandinskoye field. In 2021, deliveries through the Power of Siberia increased and regularly surpassed daily contractual obligations, the holding noted.