30 Jun 2011 20:43

Start-up deadline for Shtokman unchanged - Miller

MOSCOW. June 30 (Interfax) - The deadlines set by Gazprom for the start-up of the Shtokman deposit remain unchanged, Gazprom's Board Chairman Alexei Miller has told reporters.

"The Shtokman Board of Directors will pass an ultimate investment decision in December," he said.

This will be a combined decision for pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG), Miller said.

"The deadlines remain unchanged: late 2016 - the first pumping of pipeline gas; and 2017 - the first batch of LNG from Shtokman," he said.