Russia says tariff freeze won’t stop ESPO expansion

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Moscow—Expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline, which connects fields in Russia’s East Siberia to markets in the Asian-Pacific region, will continue even if plans to freeze tariffs paid to state-owned pipeline operator Transneft are implemented, Russian energy minister Alexander Novak said Wednesday. “The expansion will go ahead, irrespective of the tariff freeze,” Novak said.