New external challenges for Russia in the gas sector and possible retaliatory measures
The article addresses the topic of ways of use at the Russian domestic market of former export gas volumes to Europe which became available since the EU policy is to cut-off Russian gas import. The author proposes one of such ways - to increase decentralized gasification of the areas to the East of the Urals by the use of small-scale LNG (SSLNG). It should be produced at the Yamal cluster (and delivered to the reloading terminals in Murmansk and at Kamchatka) and/ or at Sakhalin. It should be delivered in cryogenic tank-containers at the ships and stockpiled in the sea-ports through the Northern Sea Route. From there it should be delivered inside the inland territory from its North and East by the airships (zeppelins). SSLNG should be also produced at the locations of compressor stations on the routes of the gas pipelines "Power of Siberia" 1 & 2. And delivered following the same logic further inside the inland territory from the West and South. SSLNG should be used for decentralized (off-grid) energy supplies (electricity, heat and gas supplies) at the modular installations - cryogenic gas-fueling stations and gas-fueled power plants, which capacities to be adeguate to the energy demand of corresponding municipalities.