BP interested in Nord Stream extension to UK
MOSCOW. June 29. (Interfax) - BP has expressed an interest in Gazprom extending one of the Nord Stream pipeline lines to Britain and receiving gas, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller told a press conference.
"Signals have been received on both British governmental and corporate level that Britain would be interested in one of the new Nord Stream lines being extended to Britain. And that interest has been expressed on the part of BP," Miller said, adding that this was so far a matter of interest only, not negotiations.
Miller said participants in the construction of Nord Stream's various strands might differ. "The composition of shareholders could stay the same, it could differ," he said. The lines to continental Europe might have the same shareholders and those to Britain other shareholders, he said.