Russia, Japan Discuss Gas Pipeline

Russia and Japan are planning to build a gas pipeline which will supply Russian gas to the Far East nation, Gazprom said on Thursday.

To discuss the issue a Japanese parliamentary delegation met with Gazprom’s Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Director General of Gazprom Export.

Japan is a major buyer of Sakhalin LNG, with almost 65 per cent of the project output being supplied to four largest Japanese companies engaged into power generation as well as five Japanese gas companies under long-term contracts.

“The meeting participants addressed the prospects for exporting more natural gas from Russia to Japan in view of the LNG plant expansion in Sakhalin and the LNG project construction in Vladivostok. In addition, the parties considered possible examination of a project for the pipeline gas deliveries from Russia to Japan,” Gazprom said.