OREANDA-NEWS. April 14, 2009. The Gazprom Headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Jim Mulva, Chairman of the Board and CEO of ConocoPhillips.

The parties discussed the prospects for the execution of joint projects on international energy markets, particularly in the LNG sector. Special emphasis was put on the cooperation in the Arctic areas including Alaska. The sci-tech cooperation in the sectors related to the comprehensive field development, hydrocarbon transportation in the Extreme North environment as well as geological exploration offshore Alaska were named as the areas of possible cooperation. As Alexey Miller pointed out: “Gazprom’s track record will be extremely helpful when implementing new gas projects in the USA”.

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