OREANDA-NEWS. November 18, 2008. The Gazprom Headquarters hosted a working meeting today between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Jim Mulva, Chairman of the Board and CEO of ConocoPhillips.

The parties discussed the prospects for the realization of joint projects on international energy markets, particularly in the LNG sector. The meeting addressed the issues relevant to the companies’ cooperation in the Arctic areas including Alaska. As the top-priority directions of the possible interaction the parties named geological exploration offshore Alaska and sci-tech cooperation in the sectors related to the comprehensive field development and hydrocarbon transportation in the Extreme North environment. As Alexey Miller pointed out: “Gazprom’s practice will be extremely helpful when implementing new gas projects in the USA”.

Based on the meeting results the participants confirmed their interest in further cooperation between Gazprom and ConocoPhillips in the energy sector.