OREANDA-NEWS. Gazprom Headquarters has hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Alexey Chernyshev, Governor of the Orenburg Oblast.

The parties discussed the progress in implementing the Agreement of cooperation between Gazprom and the Orenburg Oblast, particularly examining the prospects for the regional gasification as well as the necessity of debt payment by the regional consumers for gas delivered.

In 2005-2006 Gazprom committed RUR 1.3 billion for the Orenburg regional gasification. 8 pipelines between settlements were constructed out of this amount.

In 2007 Gazprom plans to commit RUR 496 mln for the regional gasification and construct 28 pipelines between settlements with total length of 631 km.