OREANDA-NEWS. November 27, 2008. Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee held a meeting dedicated to the current status and implementation of the gas supply projects for the Far East and Kamchatka Krai.

Participating in the meeting were Oleg Aksyutin, Head of the Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and Utilization Department, Yaroslav Golko, Head of the Investment and Construction Department, heads and experts of the relevant business divisions of Gazprom’s Administration and subsidiaries: Gazprom invest Vostok, Mezhregiongaz, Gazprom promgaz, Giprogaztsentr, Gazkomplektimpex.

The meeting considered the current issues of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas trunkline design and engineering. Special attention was paid to the compliance with the investment project deadlines. It was pointed out that that the engineering of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas trunkline facilities required for launching the construction work in 2009 and gas supply to Vladivostok in the third quarter of 2011 was progressing in line with the schedule.

The airborne photographic survey and laser scanning have been fully implemented across the gas pipeline route; the engineering survey is nearing completion. The contest-related documents are under development for the purposes of a competitive bidding aimed at selecting suppliers of key technological equipment and building contractors.

The meeting participants addressed the implementation of the Kamchatka Krai gasification project involving the construction of the Sobolevo – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky as well as pre-development of the Kshukskoye and Nizhne-Kvakchinskoye gas and condensate fields. The project is being implemented on schedule: first natural gas will be supplied to consumers in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the fourth quarter of 2010. Over 100 km of line pipe will be constructed in 2008, in-field operations will commence in 2009.

Based on the meeting results Gazprom’s specialized divisions and subsidiary companies were entrusted with ensuring timely implementation of the projects for natural gas supply to the Far East regions.