25 May 2012 16:55

Putin calls on Statoil to intensify work on Shtokman

NOVO OGARYEVO. May 25. (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Norway's Statoil to intensify work on the Shtokman field development project.

"You have a good, large project with Gazprom - Shtokman, of global significance, on which a final decision has not yet been made. But we need to move actively. We have every chance to begin this movement," Putin said at a meeting with Statoil chief Helge Lund.