OREANDA-NEWS. October 09, 2015. As part of the 5th St. Petersburg International Gas Forum, a working meeting took place today between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Walter Peeraer, Chief Executive Officer of Fluxys.

The meeting participants considered possible areas of the bilateral cooperation, including Russian gas transit via Belgium.

The parties also addressed the prospects for constructing new and direct gas transmission routes to Europe.

Background

Belgian gas transmission company Fluxys owns a network of transnational gas pipelines in Northwestern Europe with an annual throughput capacity of 82 billion cubic meters. The company also deals with natural gas and LNG transit and storage.

Fluxys provides Gazprom with gas transmission capacities to supply gas to the UK.