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Article: Gazprom throwing weight around on Sakhalin projects.
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- Pipeline & Gas Journal
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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A P&GJ Staff Report
Gazprom has moved to expand its clout in Russia's Far East and Eastern Siberia. At a meeting with Exxon Neftegaz recently, officials reportedly insisted on buying all gas from the Sakhalin-1 project instead of using it for joint exports to China. Gazprom said Russia's blueprint to develop the gas sector in the Far East did not include a separate gas pipeline to China, thus effectively blocking Sakhalin-l's plans to export gas to China independently.
Exxon Neftegaz holds a 30% stake in Sakhalin-1, which has estimated reserves of 2.3 billion barrels of oil and some 17 Tcf of natural gas. Sakhalin-1 began oil production in 2005 and ...