| Governor of the Irkutsk Region Boris Govorin and Managing Director for Production and Technology of OJSC TNK-BP Viktor Vekselberg signed an agreement on the creation on a parity basis of OJSC East Siberian Gas Company (ESGK), which will implement the gas supply and gasification project for the region on the basis of Kovyktinskoye gas condensate field. The authorized capital of the OJSC will be 30 million rubles. The regional gas project based on Kovykta is an independent project and does not depend on the terms and conditions of the implementation of the international gas project to develop the Kovykta field, Mr. Vekselberg said. As Mr. Govorin said shortly after a meeting on Wednesday with the head of the presidential administration Dmitry Medvedev, it is advisable for Gazprom to become a shareholder of RUSIA Petroleum (the holder of the license to develop Kovykta): “We consider it quite reasonable to give dynamics to the development of regional projects for the entry of Gazprom into the shareholders of RUSIA by purchasing shares of the Irkutsk region (owns a stake of 11.24%) and Interros (25.82%),” Mr. Govorin emphasized. Mr. Vekselberg noted to this that he “doesn’t know anything about Gazprom refusing to buy these stakes.” "TIME FOR NEWS"
Gazprom is called to Kashagan
The head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, and the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan, Vladimir Shkolnik, discussed the prospects for concluding long-term contracts for the purchase of Kazakh gas from the Karachaganak field. As reported by the Gazprom press service, this would ensure the capacity utilization of the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant in the amount of up to 15 billion cubic meters. m of gas and 6 million tons of condensate per year. During the meeting, the parties also discussed the prospects for Gazprom’s participation in gas transportation from Kashagan (one of the largest fields discovered over the past 30 years). "TIME FOR NEWS"
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