OREANDA-NEWS. Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee has convoked at the Gazprom Head Office a meeting dedicated to the production capacity commissioning issues set out in the corporate capital construction plan for 2006.

The participants underscored that Gazprom was facing the task of bringing onstream a number of critical gas production and transmission facilities that would continue enabling the Company to fully meet demand of Russian and foreign consumers.

The participants also emphasized that in 2006 Gazprom had achieved its objectives in regard with the top priority gas extraction facilities. The end of 2006 is scheduled to see strict fulfillment of upstream facility construction plans.

Over 2006 further actions were stepped up to construct and upgrade gas transmission capacities (Nord Stream, NTR-Torzhok, Yamal-Europe gas pipelines, Urengoy gas transmission hub extension), with more than 1,300 km of gas mains and branches to be brought online.