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Gazprom considers opportunities for oil refinery construction in Sakhalin
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Alexander Khoroshavin, Governor of the Sakhalin Oblast.

Alexey Miller and Helge Lund appraise progress with Shtokman project
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Helge Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil.

Eni and Gazprom sign new agreements
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni, in the presence of the President of Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev and Italy's Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, today signed an agreement which paves the way for the future handover to Gazprom of the 50% of Eni's stake (33,3%) in the consortium developing the Elephant oilfield in Libya, located in Libya's south-western desert some 800 km from Tripoli.

Gazprom to build up UGS capacities beyond Russia
The Gazprom Management Committee found it expedient to build up underground gas storage (UGS) capacities beyond Russia to bring the aggregate working gas volume to at least 5 per cent of the annual export supplies before 2030 with a focus on establishing the Company's own UGS capacities.

Alexey Miller and Rovnag Abdullayev agree to increase Azerbaijani gas purchases
Saint Petersburg hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).

Gazprom and CNPC come closer to a common standpoint on technical parameters of gas supplies to China
As part of the Supplement (Roadmap) to the Russian-Chinese Memorandum of Cooperation in the natural gas sector signed in June 2009, another round of commercial talks took place in the city of Sanya (PRC) between Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) relevant to arranging Russian natural gas supply to China.

Gazprom and Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy sign agreements to promote cooperation in Eastern Russia
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom's Management Committee and Tetsuhiro Hosono, Director General of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry signed an Agreement of Cooperation.

Gazprom inks gas purchase contracts with Uzbekistan
A Gazprom delegation led by Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Company's Management Committee paid a working visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan. As part of the visit, Alexander Ananenkov met with Rustam Azimov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Uzbek Government, Gulomjon Ibragimov, Deputy Prime Minister and Shokir Faizullayev, Chairman of the Board of Uzbekneftegaz.

Alexey Miller and Paolo Scaroni sign in Moscow the extension until 2012 of the strategic agreement between Eni and Gazprom
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni signed today the extension of the strategic agreement signed by Eni and Gazprom in November 2006.

Memorandum signed on setting up JV for coalbed gas production in Ukraine
Today at the Gazprom headquarters Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Evgeny Bakulin, Chairman of the Board of NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy signed a Memorandum on setting up a joint venture (JV) for coalbed methane (CBM) production between Gazprom and NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy.