17 Aug 2010 15:49

Energy Ministry close to Sakhalin-1 budget solution

MOSCOW. Aug 17 (Interfax) - The Russian Energy Ministry will decide on the main principles to resolving the problem with approving the Sakhalin-1 production-sharing project's budget in the next two or three weeks, Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told reporters.

"We expect to draw a line under this issue in two or three weeks," Shmatko said.