OREANDA-NEWS. On 15 April 2008 was announced, that a working meeting of Igor Makarov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ITERA Oil and Gas Company, LLC, and Vyacheslav Shtyrov, President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), had taken place in Yakutsk. Prospects for ITERA possible participation in the development of oil and gas fields, in creation of gas chemistry complexes and in provision of gas supply to populated localities in the territory of the Republic have been discussed.

Igor Makarov informed Vyacheslav Shtyrov on ITERA plans related to its business in Russia and abroad, promising projects of the Company and on its cooperation with Gazprom within the framework of the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed in 2006.

Vladimir Makeev, Chairman of the Management Board of ITERA Oil and Gas Company, LLC, Vitali Basyrgysov, Chairman of the State Assembly of the Republic, Vasili Grabtsevich, First Deputy-Chairman of the Government of the Republic, Igor Kornev, General Director of Sakhatransneftegaz.