Gazprom uczy się LNG

Last year, it bought a controlling stake in Russia's first LNG project from Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp.

„We have gas supplies from third parties like BP and we are looking for similar agreements,” Vitaly Vasiliev, the CEO of Gazprom's UK-based marketing unit, Gazprom Marketing & Trading. „We are actively looking at gaining access to capacity at terminals in the US and Europe.”

BP Plc and Gazprom Marketing said in September they had reached an agreement for BP to supply a number of LNG cargoes Gazprom would sell in the Atlantic basin. Gazprom already supplies LNG to Korea, India, Japan the US, Mexico and the UK BP has stakes in LNG production and export projects in Abu Dhabi, Australia, Indonesia and Trinidad. It ships LNG worldwide from other plants in countries such as Egypt and Qatar. It also has berthing rights at import terminals in Cove Point, Maryland, and the Isle of Grain in southeastern England.

Gazprom has said previously it also considering projects to build LNG plants in western Russia, near the Barents Sea, near the Baltic Sea and on the Yamal Peninsula. In an effort to improve its image as a reliable energy supplier, Gazprom is trying to secure gas supplies closer to its customers.