Gazprom, GDF SUEZ Ink Sci-Tech Cooperation Deal (France)

Chaired by Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Strategic Development Department of Gazprom and Marc Florette, Research and Innovation Director at GDF SUEZ, a regular meeting dedicated to the sci-tech cooperation between Gazprom and GDF SUEZ took place yesterday in France.

Representatives from the Gazprom Administration as well as heads of the Company’s subsidiaries – Gazprom Promgaz, NIIgazeconomika – and deputy heads of Gazprom VNIIGAZ and Gazprom Gazobezopasnost took part in the meeting.

The meeting participants finalized the results of the Sci-Tech Cooperation Program 2010–2011. The meeting reviewed the issues of gas pipelines protection from corrosion, underground gas storage , liquefied natural gas  (LNG) process safety, metrological support of gas supplies, centralized control of the gas transmission systems and environmental protection. A focus was placed on successful presentation of the Russian technology made for comprehensive diagnostics of pipes corrosion at the Center – East gas pipeline section running via France.

The meeting noted that there was a keen and mutual interest in continuing a number of technical dialogs being already launched and in carrying out new joint projects. The parties signed the Sci-Tech Cooperation Program 2012–2014.

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LNG World News Staff, May 23, 2012