Influence of the cross-border pipeline «Power of Siberia» on the surrounding area in Irkutsk oblast
N.M. SYSOEVA, A.N. KUZNETSOVA
Irkutsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lermontova st., 134, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia
Keywords: магистральный газопровод «Сила Сибири», трасса трубопровода, Ковыктинское газоконденсатное месторождение, занятость населения, налоговые поступления, газификация, нефтегазохимический кластер, the Power of Siberia pipeline, pipeline route, the Kovykta gas and condensate field, employment, tax revenues, gasification, oil and gas chemical cluster
Subsection: Regional and Interregional Aspects of Structural and Investment Policy
Abstract
The article presents the results of researching the impact of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline on the economic development of the surrounding areas in Irkutsk Oblast. The involvement of the Kovykta gas and condensate field in the construction of the cross-border gas pipeline will have no significant effect on the socio-economic development of Irkutsk Oblast. Gasification of settlements is only possible in the area of gas production, the project does not generate any new elements of infrastructure, and the growth of budget revenues is reduced by federal exemptions. An alternative to the corporative approach is to enhance the project by adding a regional gas supply pipeline to the south-eastern part of the region, which will give impetus to the development of gas processing methods with new technology as a part of the existing petrochemical complex and the overall gasification-based restructuring of the industry.
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