OREANDA-NEWS. February 18, 2009. In Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, as part of the celebrations dedicated to the launch of the first Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee held a number of meetings with leaders of the world’s largest energy companies and statesmen from the countries-partners of the Sakhalin II project.

In particular, Alexey Miller met with Choo Kangsoo, President of Kogas. The parties paid special attention to the arrangement of Russian natural gas supplies to consumers of the Republic of Korea and the possible cooperation between the companies in the gas processing and gas chemistry sectors in eastern Russia.

During the meetings of Alexey Miller with Shoei Utsuda, President and Cief Executive Officer of Mitsui and Jeroen van der Veer, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell the parties highly appreciated the cooperation within the Sakhalin II project and discussed further cooperation opportunities in gas extraction and LNG production.

In addition, Alexey Miller held a meeting with Maria van der Hoeven, Economic Affairs Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The parties stressed the importance of the global LNG market development and noted that the progress in the mutually beneficial and long-term partnership between Gazprom and Dutch energy companies had a bright future. Maria van der Hoeven emphasized the high importance of the Nord Stream project and the projects for UGS capacities construction in the Netherlands.