OREANDA-NEWS. September 6, 2007. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee signed the Order “On the Establishment of the Coordinating Committee for the South Stream Project”.

The Committee is tasked to prepare and implement activities stipulated by the Memorandum of understanding for the South Stream project execution between Gazprom and ENI to examine opportunities of the gas pipeline construction. Before June 2008 the Committee will organize investment feasibility study for the South Stream project and further activities for the practical execution of the project.

Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Director General of Gazprom export was appointed to the post of the head of the Coordinating Committee.