The Gazprom Headquarters hosted a meeting moderated by Mr Alexander Ananenkov deputy chairman of the Company’s Management Committee on Novoportovskoye oil and gas condensate field development by Gazprom neft.

Participating in the meeting were Vasily Podyuk, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Production Department, Gazprom, Alexander Dyukov, Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom neft, as well as heads and experts of the relevant subdivisions of Gazprom, Gazprom dobycha Nadym and Gazprom neft.

The meeting participants reviewed the progress in preparation for the Novoportovskoye field commissioning, the current status of the project implementation and the project schedule for 2009-2010, as well as the issues related to operations funding until the field license is handed over to Gazprom neft.

According to the meeting results, the relevant subdivisions of Gazprom and Gazprom neft were assigned respective tasks.