OREANDA-NEWS. October 8, 2009. A Gazprom delegation led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee, is participating in the 24th World Gas Conference being held in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on October 5–9.

As part of the Conference, Alexey Miller met with heads of a number of global energy companies, as well as with businessmen and politicians from WGC member countries.

In particular, Alexey Miller had a working meeting with Oscar Coca, the Bolivian Energy Minister and Carlos Villegas, President of the Bolivian state-owned Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB).

The parties gave a high appreciation to the progress with the cooperation between Gazprom and Bolivia’s energy companies and confirmed their mutual aspiration to the strategic partnership deepening.

It was noted that the General Scheme for the Bolivian gas industry’s development was being worked out by Gazprom VNIIGAZ in line with the schedule.

Alexey Miller had a meeting with Gerard Mestrallet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GDF SUEZ and Jean-Francois Cirelli, Vice-Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of GDF SUEZ.

The parties paid special attention to the development prospects for the mutually beneficial cooperation, namely, to the expanded interaction in supplies of Russian gas to France as well as to the potential entry of GDF SUEZ into the Nord Stream project as a shareholder.

Alexey Miller and Daniel Saba, President of Perupetro discussed the possible ways to execute joint projects in the energy and sci-tech sectors.

Alexey Miller and Hassan Marican, President and Chief Executive Officer of Petronas stressed the successful practice of cooperation in swap deals and looked at the possible cooperation within the Yamal LNG project and the Eastern Gas Program including gas chemical projects.