Today the Gazprom Headquarters has hosted a regular working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Jean-Francois Cirelli, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz de France.

The parties discussed issues on cooperation including prolongation of long-term contracts for Russian gas deliveries to France.

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Gaz de France is a major European natural gas company engaged in gas exploration, production, marketing and distribution.

Since the beginning of cooperation in the gas supply sector back in 1975, Gazprom has provided Gaz de France with over 262 bcm of gas, including with 13.1 bcm in 2005 and 8 bcm within the ten month in 2006.

On 28 June 2003, Gazprom and Gaz de France signed a Memorandum on cooperation deepening. In addition to the gas supply business, Gaz de France and Gazprom have cooperated in the energy saving, transmission capacity upgrading, gas loss reduction, underground gas storage facility construction and operation, LNG production and staff re-training sectors.

On September 19, 2005, Gazprom and Gaz de France signed a Protocol for further cooperation deepening.

On November 23, 2005, Gazprom and Gaz de France struck the first pipeline gas for LNG swap deal. In early December 2005, a tanker filled with LNG was sold to Shell Western LNG at the Cove Point regasification terminal (Maryland, USA).