In 2007, the Ministry of Industry and Energy of Russia approved the Eastern Gas Program, which included construction of the Yakutia–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline.

[1] On 29 October 2012, Russian president Vladimir Putin instructed Alexey Miller, CEO of Gazprom to start the construction of the pipeline.

[3] On 21 May 2014, Russia and China signed a 30-year gas deal worth $400 billion which was needed to make the project feasible.

Construction was launched on 1 September 2014 in Yakutsk by Putin and Chinese deputy prime minister Zhang Gaoli.

[7][8][9] On 4 September 2016, Miller and China National Petroleum Corporation's Chairman Wang Yilin signed an agreement to build a crossing under the Amur River for the pipeline.

[15][16] In 2020, China has imported 4.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia through the pipeline.

[19] Together with the development of the Chayanda field and the Amur Gas Processing Plant, the whole Power of Siberia project was expected to cost US$55–70 billion.

[25][needs update] The pipeline's working pressure is ensured by nine compressor stations[12][26] with a total capacity of 1,200 MW.

The remaining seven compressor stations—Saldykelskaya,[28] Olyokminskaya,[28] Amginskaya,[28] Nimnyrkaya,[28] Nagornaya,[29] Skovorodinskaya,[29] and Sivakiskaya[29]—have a total capacity of 481 MW.

[1][failed verification] Internal coatings ensure energy efficiency by reducing the friction of the pipeline's inner surfaces.

[44] It is designed to reduce China's dependence on coal, which is more carbon intensive and causes more pollution than natural gas.