OREANDA-NEWS. September 16, 2009. Led by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, the Company’s delegation made a business trip to the settlements of Vyazemskoye, Blagodatnoye, Kruglikovo, Pushkino and other regions of the Khabarovsk Krai, and visited the construction facilities in the southern block of the first start-up complex, a part of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas transmission system (GTS).

Alexander Ananenkov visited several production bases and construction sites of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok GTS, railroad stations –points of pipes discharge for the needs of the gas pipeline. Alexander Ananenkov also held an operational meeting in the settlement of Vyazemskoye where a construction camp, a pipe-welding base and a pipe-bending machine are located.

Based on the results of the visit to the Sakhalin Oblast and Khabarovsk Krai, Alexander Ananenkov held a meeting of the coordination center for the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok GTS construction involving heads and experts from Gazprom’s specialized subdivisions, subsidiaries and contractors.

At the meeting Alexander Ananenkov emphasized that the start of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok GTS construction corresponded to the approved schedules. At the same time he stressed the necessity to perform procurement operations ahead of schedule, taking into account concentration of efforts by the contractors and their full readiness. Alexander Ananenkov gave the appropriate assignments, inter alia, with regard to maximum utilization of locally-manufactured products.