OREANDA-NEWS. September 30, 2008. In Khabarovsk a Gazprom delegation headed by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee took part in a meeting of the Council under the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the Russian Federation President to the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) Oleg Safonov dedicated to socioeconomic development and international cooperation in the Far East regions.

The meeting was attended by the heads of all the FEFD regions.

During the meeting Alexander Ananenkov spoke about the actual issues of gas supply development in the FEFD regions.

The speaker noted that Gazprom faced the crucial task of meeting the construction completion deadline for the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk –Vladivostok gas pipeline as set by the Russian Government. The implementation of this project, which is a top priority of the Eastern Gas Program, is intended to result in reliable gas supply to Russia’s Far East.

The gas pipeline construction is an important part of the activities covering the preparation of the 2012 APEC Summit in Vladivostok.

“Based on the results of the Government’s September 1 circuit session in Vladivostok dedicated to the APEC Summit preparation, the ministries and departments have been explicitly instructed on the energy and gas supply development in the Far East. On its part, Gazprom timely fulfils all of the orders given by Russia’s President and Government in relation to the gas industry development in the Far East,” emphasized Alexander Ananenkov.

The speaker noted that the long-term provision of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk –Vladivostok gas transmission system with resources required accurately responding to the Russian Government’s decisions on timely solution of the issue with regard to granting licenses to Gazprom for new subsurface blocks rich in natural gas, including the Sakhalin Island and Kamchatka Peninsula offshore.