Gazprom
to advise PDVSA Gas
Petroleumworld
CARACAS
Petroleumworld.com 01 23 06
PDVSA Gas president Félix Rodríguez said that Russian
and Venezuelan and Russia oil firms Gazprom and PDVSA entered into an
agreement of engineering technical support and assistance in gas management,
distribution and transportation.
"The
parties studied priority issues regarding cooperation in the gas industry
and branded as positive the activities of Gazprom at the Venezuelan
continental shelf," said the Russian gas holding, Russian news
agency RIA Novosti reported.
The
Russian delegation was headed by Stanislav Tsigankov, head of the International
Department of Gazprom Stanislav Tsigankov, according to RIA Novosti.
PDVSA
and Gazprom are also initialing an agreement to create software for
simulation of gas transmission and distribution, as well as technical
assistance to construct international gas pipelines, for application
in the Great Southern Gas Pipeline and the Trans-Caribbean Gas Pipeline
-which has been completed in 35 percent.
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