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Article: Russia : Russia to push ExxonMobil for providing new gas Pipeline.
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- August 4, 2009
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Byline: manish03
The Moscow Times reported that the government will push ExxonMobil hard to secure gas for a new pipeline in the Far East after Mr Vladimir Putin Prime Minister of Russia called on Friday for domestic energy needs to take priority over exports.
Gazprom began welding a major trunk pipeline to link offshore gas fields around the Pacific island of Sakhalin with the port of Vladivostok. Gazprom needs gas from the ExxonMobil-led Sakhalin-1 project to fill it.
Mr Putin said at a ceremony to mark the launch of construction I would like to stress that the domestic market will be a priority for the gas from eastern Siberia and the Far ...