China, Russia Sign Major Gas Deal Worth $400 Billion -- Voice of America
China and Russia signed a long-awaited, 30-year agreement for natural gas worth an estimated $400 billion on Wednesday, securing the world's top energy user a major new source of the clean-burning fuel, Chinese state media and the AP reported.
The deal would see Russia supply 38 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas to China each year for 30 years under a contract valued in excess of $400 billion, Reuters news agency reported.
The gas will be transported along a new pipeline linking Siberian gas fields to China's main consumption centers near its coastline.
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