OREANDA-NEWS. September 08, 2009. The Gazprom Headquarters today hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Vyacheslav Dudka, Governor of the Tula Oblast.

The parties discussed the progress with the Agreement of Cooperation between Gazprom and the Tula Oblast Administration addressing, in particular, the prospects for constructing new gasification facilities in the region and for upgrading the existing gas distribution stations.

Alexey Miller and Vyacheslav Dudka highly appreciated the Tula Oblast gasification program execution. It was noted that the activities were carried out in full compliance with the synchronization schedule and could be a good example of effective cooperation between Gazprom and regional authorities.

In addition, the Tula Oblast shows a high level of the payment discipline. Gas consumers in the region have been paying for the gas supplied in advance for over six years now.