China is overtaking Europe as the top market for Russia’s pipeline gas

Gazprom exports of natural gas to China in the first nine months of the year are up almost 40 per from last year

China is on track to become the largest market for Russia’s pipeline gas this year, overtaking Europe after the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine capped flows of the fuel to the region.

Russia’s gas giant Gazprom PJSC exported 23.7 billion cubic metres of natural gas to China in the first nine months of the year, or almost 40 per cent above volumes exported …