September 9 a working visit of delegation of Gazprom, headed by CEO Alexei Miller in Vilnius. Within the visit Alexey Miller met the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius, said in a statement the company.
The parties discussed the results of the construction of the second leg of the pipeline Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Kaliningrad , red butt, which was brewed today in Šakiai area. In particular, it was praised cooperation between Gazprom and JSC Lietuvos Dujos in the project and noted that built the pipeline will not only provide reliable gas supply to Russia's enclave, but also creates the preconditions for a possible increase in gas supplies to Lithuania.
Alexei Miller and Andrius Kubilius also discussed issues of further development of partnership between Gazprom and Lithuania in enhancing the security of transit of the gas, marketing and construction of new gas transportation infrastructure facilities in the republic.
After the talks both sides expressed hope for further strengthening of bilateral relations.
In accordance with the instructions of the RF Government in Gazprom is designed and implemented the action plan to ensure gas supply to the Kaliningrad Region in the amount of 2.5 billion cu. m by 2010. This plan includes:
- construction of the second leg of the pipeline Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Kaliningrad in the same corridor with the existing technology of the first leg of the pipeline capacity of 1.4 billion cubic meters. m, which was commissioned in 1985. The length of the second line is 139.2 km.
- construction of theKaliningrad UGS in order to meet the daily and seasonal irregularity of consumption, as well as backup in case of gas occurrence of abnormally cold winters and emergencies. The first section of UGS will be commissioned in late 2009.
- increase capacity of the COP Krasnoznamenskaya to ensure a guaranteed supply of the planned volume of gas through the Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Kaliningrad.
In addition, in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania in order to increase gas transit to the Kaliningrad region of JSC Lietuvos Dujos built loopings of GIS Sakiai to the border with Russia length of 18 km and a diameter of 700 mm, and is currently following projects:
- Extension GIS Shakiai to the performance of 480 thousand cubic meters. meters per hour by December 2009;
- construction of a new compressor station in Vilnius (COP Yaunyunyay) in 2010.
gas exports to Lithuania is based on long-term contracts in force until 2015, inclusive. The volume of natural gas supplies to Lithuania in 2008 was about 3.1 billion cubic meters. m.
JSC Lietuvos Dujos carries out the purchase, transportation, distribution and sale of gas in the Republic of Lithuania, and Russia's gas transit to the Kaliningrad region. Gazprom owns 37% of the company.
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