The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Manabu Miyagawa, Economic Affairs Minister of the Japanese Embassy in Russia.

The parties discussed current issues and prospects for developing the partnership of Russia and Japan in the oil and gas sector. Special attention was paid to cooperation within the Eastern Gas Program, in particular, to building gas processing and gas chemical facilities in Eastern Russia.

The meeting participants emphasized the importance of starting the investment rationale preparation for the project on liquefied/compressed natural gas production and offloading facilities construction near Vladivostok.

In addition, Alexander Ananenkov informed Manabu Miyagawa on the status of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas trunkline project that provides technical capacities for additional gas supply to Asia-Pacific countries including Japan.