Gazprom may consider possible asset swap with Japanese - Miller
MOSCOW. July 1 (Interfax) - Gazprom may consider a possible asset swap with Japanese companies, Gazprom head Alexei Miller told reporters on Thursday.
"This would involve Japanese companies taking part in a project [development of Chayanda, Kovykta], but as of today I haven't heard from anyone - not to mention anyone at Gazprom - that the Japanese companies are becoming resource users," he said.
"There is a very simple principle at work here: we are ready to examine potential participation in resource use, including by Japanese companies, but on an asset swap basis. The Japanese companies have been informed of this position," Miller said.
"In that connection, if the Japanese colleagues offer interesting, equivalent assets, if the Japanese side has an interest in joining in resource use, we are ready to look at that possibility," he said.
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