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January 27, 2012
Alexey Miller and Antonis Samaras discuss South Stream
project implementation in Greece
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee
and Antonis Samaras, head of the New Democracy party.
The meeting participants discussed the prospects for the
Russian-Greek cooperation deepening in the energy sector as
well as the current status of the Greek energy industry. Special
attention was paid to gas supplies and the South Stream project
implementation in the country.
Alexey Miller and Antonis Samaras discuss South Stream project
implementation in Greece
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee
and Antonis Samaras, head of the New Democracy party.
The meeting participants discussed the prospects for the
Russian-Greek cooperation deepening in the energy sector as
well as the current status of the Greek energy industry. Special
attention was paid to gas supplies and the South Stream project
implementation in the country.
Background
Russian natural gas supplies to Greece were launched in
1996. According to provisional data, Gazprom supplied Greece
with 2.9 billion cubic meters of gas in 2011.
With a view to diversify the natural gas export routes Gazprom
is implementing the project for construction of a gas pipeline
running under the Black Sea to the countries of Southern and
Central Europe – the South Stream project.
Intergovernmental agreements were signed with Bulgaria,
Serbia, Hungary, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia and Austria in
order to implement the onshore gas pipeline section. In the
third quarter of 2011 the Consolidated Feasibility Study of
South Stream was finalized and included the feasibility study
of the offshore section and feasibility studies of the respective
gas pipelines in the host countries of Southern and Central
Europe.
On December 30, 2011 Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the
Russian Federation authorized Gazprom to speed up the launch
of the South Stream project and to start its construction
in 2012.
On January 20, 2012 Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom
Management Committee held a meeting to approve the detailed
action plan ensuring the South Stream gas pipeline construction
launch in December 2012.
Source: Gazprom
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