Gazprom, Mitsui Held Talks on Expanding Sakhalin II and Construction of Small-Scale LNG

A meeting was held between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Masami Iijima, Representative Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., at the Gazprom headquarters.
Both parties addressed partnership prospects in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, focusing on, among other things, joint efforts in expanding the Sakhalin II project through constructing the third train of the LNG plant.
Particular attention was paid to the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding on LNG bunkering studies. Pursuant to the document, the companies will conduct feasibility and marketing studies with regard to the bunkering of marine vessels with LNG in Russia’s Far East and the Asia-Pacific region.