Under the chairmanship of Mr Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Strategic Development Department, Gazprom and Mr Marc Florette Head of the Research and Innovation Department, GDF SUEZ an extended meeting of experts coordinating the sci-tech cooperation between the companies took place in Noyabrsk on November 15 to 16 2010.

The parties addressed the STC Program results achieved in 2010. The meeting participants delivered speeches on liquefied natural gas production safety ways of protecting gas pipelines against corrosion, optimization of compressor station management and interaction between Gazprom and GDF SUEZ in the energy efficiency and environmental protection sectors. Moreover, Gazprom introduced proposals on shaping a Europe-wide data processing system that would coordinate dispatch services.

As was scheduled, the delegations from Gazprom and GDF SUEZ visited production facilities of Gazprom dobycha Noyabrsk at the Vyngaiakhinskoye gas field.