OREANDA-NEWS. April 7, 2008. The Headquarters of Gazprom hosted a meeting on issues related to design work arrangement for the Company’s major projects. The meeting was headed by Yaroslav Golko, Member of the Company’s Management Committee, Head of the Investment & Construction Department.

Participating in the meeting were Vasily Podyuk, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gas, Gas Condensate & Oil Production Department, heads and specialists of the Company’s core business units, subsidiaries and design companies.

The meeting addressed the issues of arranging design work to construct new natural gas production and transmission capacities on the Yamal Peninsula, in Eastern Siberia and the Far East. In particular, it was emphasized that these projects were strategically significant for the development of the gas industry up to 2030, which requires a strict observance of the design work schedule.

The meeting paid special attention to the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas trunkline construction project as well as to the Gas Supply to the Kamchatka Oblast Phase 1 – Gas Supply to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky project.

Based on the meeting results, core business units and subsidiaries of Gazprom received respective tasks.