Gazprom’s delegation has completed today its visit to the Great Britain. In the course of the trip, Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman held a working meeting with Lord John Browne, President of BP Group.

The meeting addressed potential bilateral cooperation on the global energy market, the US, European and Russian ones inclusive.

At the same time, the parties discussed matters in regards with the top priority interaction between the companies on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, dealing, in particular, with collaboration in the European gas sector, the British one inclusive. Additionally, the meeting touched upon BP’s possible involvement in the North-European gas pipeline construction.

Alexey Miller and John Browne also reviewed issues relative to joint business in the Russian hydrocarbon production & processing sector.

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BP is one of the largest privately-held oil and gas companies of the world, with its oil & condensate and natural gas reserves accounting for 988.2 mln t and 1.3 tcm, respectively. BP’s major business lines are oil & gas field development, wholesale and retail trading in refined products, gas marketing and gas power generation, petrochemicals. BP is a leader in the global LNG trade.

The company has branches in more than 100 countries worldwide. In 2004, BP extracted 126.5 mln t of oil and condensate and 87.8 bcm of gas.

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