Gazprom news

March highlights

The Company signed:

  • Cooperation Agreement for 2011–2012 with the Vologda Oblast;
  • Cooperation Agreement with the Komi Republic;
  • Agreement on Gas Supply between Gazprom and LUKOIL;
  • Memorandum stipulating possible development of additional blocks in the Achimov deposits of the Urengoy field. Pursuant to the document, Gazprom will receive equivalent stakes in Wintershall's exploration and production projects in the North Sea;
  • Memorandum of Understanding between Gazprom and Wintershall providing for participation of Wintershall Holding in constructing the South Stream gas pipeline offshore section;
  • Agreement between Gazprom and Geoplin Plinovodi on setting up joint project company South Stream Slovenia to implement the South Stream project in Slovenia.

Top-priority facilities for gas supply to and gasification of the Sakhalin Oblast were put into operation.

Construction of Dalneye gas distribution station, an inter-settlement gas pipeline and a gas distribution point in the Sakhalin Oblast were finished.

Alexey Miller and Valery Gulev were awarded the Order of Labor (Class I and Class II) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Alexey Miller was re-elected as Gazprom Management Committee Chairman for another 5-year term starting from May 31, 2011.

Pavel Oderov was appointed as Head of the International Business Department.

March 2011