OREANDA-NEWS. August 21, 2009. Led by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Management Committee, the Company’s delegation has taken a business trip to the Kamchatka Krai.

Within the trip the delegation visited construction facilities of the Sobolevo – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky gas pipeline and drilling facilities for gas production wells, as well as inspected the field pre-development infrastructure in the western part of the Kamchatka Peninsula.

Alexander Ananenkov held a working meeting dedicated to the Gas Supply to the Kamchatka Oblast, Phase 1 – Gas Supply to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky investment project. Taking part in the meeting were Sergey Pakhomov, Deputy Chairman of the Kamchatka Krai Government, heads and specialists from Gazprom Administration specialized subdivisions, subsidiaries and contracting agencies.

Alexander Ananenkov emphasized that Gazprom was implementing this investment project in compliance with the assignments of President and the Government and according to the preset schedule that was being met.

Based on the meeting results Gazprom’s specialized subdivisions and subsidiary companies were entrusted with the tasks aimed at finalizing the first start-up complex of the project for gas supply to the Kamchatka Krai within the prescribed term.

As part of the delegation’s visit to the Kamchatka Krai, Alexander Ananenkov met with the Krai’s Governor Alexey Kuzmitsky. The parties discussed the progress with the Agreement of Cooperation and the Accord on Gasification between Gazprom and the Kamchatka Krai Government. Special attention was paid to the timely preparation of the regional consumers for gas supply.