OREANDA-NEWS. October 16, 2009. In Murmansk Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dmitry Dmitrienko, Governor of the Murmansk Oblast, have signed an Agreement of Cooperation over 2010 to 2015.

The Agreement promotes the bilateral relations within Gazprom’s strategic projects in the Murmansk Oblast including, first of all, the project for the Shtokman gas condensate field (GCF) comprehensive development, construction of an offshore gas pipeline and gas processing facilities, namely, an LNG plant, and the Murmansk – Volkhov gas trunkline.

Pursuant to the Agreement, Gazprom will consider the possibility of taking part in the construction of a highway to the settlement of Teriberka as well as in the building of residential apartments, social facilities and health care institutions in the region for the purpose of shaping the engineering, transportation and social infrastructure for projects execution in the Murmansk Oblast. The decision will be adopted relevant to the Company’s participation in re-construction of the existing and construction of new utilities in the settlement of Lodeynoye.

When operating the ready facilities of the Unified Gas Supply System in the Murmansk Oblast, Gazprom will preferably attract the local staff and, additionally, will assist the local citizens in obtaining the necessary vocational training.

The Murmansk Oblast Government will create favorable conditions for Gazprom to invest in gas production, transmission and liquefaction and hydrocarbon processing projects in compliance with the effective law. In particular, Gazprom will be assisted in land allocation, state registration of property right, taxation and other issues.