According to the Russian Satellite news agency, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated in an interview with a television station that the pipeline project, which transports natural gas from Russia through Kazakhstan to China with a capacity of 45 billion cubic meters per year, has been launched and is currently undergoing calculations and feasibility studies. Novak discussed the implementation status of the new natural gas pipeline project through Kazakhstan to China. He said: "This process has been initiated... Currently, calculations and feasibility studies are underway, and negotiations are ongoing." He added that the natural gas pipeline has a capacity of 45 billion cubic meters per year.