OREANDA-NEWS. June 4, 2008. Headed by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee, a Gazprom delegation started a business trip across the Far East and the Transbaikal region.

The delegation arrived in the town of Mirny (Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)).

Within the visit Gazprom’s delegation together with a delegation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Government headed by Vyacheslav Shtyrov, President of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic visited the Chayandinskoye oil and gas condensate field (OGCF).

“Gazprom launched actions to carry out follow-up exploration of the field and prepare it for commercial development. For these purposes a Gazprom production subsidiary is planned to be set up in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),” stated Alexander Ananenkov when visiting the Chayandinskoye OGCF.

Based on the visit results Gazprom’s core business divisions received relevant tasks.

“The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is looking forward to Gazprom’s soonest operations at the field,” said Vyacheslav Shtyrov in the course of the visit.