OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft has contracted Bumi Armada Caspian to install subsea oil and gas pipelines at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

The Nord Stream gas pipeline project in the Baltic Sea is entering an intensive period of activity.

Gazprom plans to start gas production this year from the Kirinskoye gas/condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island, under the Sakhalin III project.

Gazprom has completed preparation of project documents for Phase 1 of its Southern Corridor gas transmission system (GTS).

Gazprom and Eni have agreed to adjust the terms and conditions for Russian natural gas supplies to Italy.

Construction is under way of a compressor station in Portovaya, northern Russia which will handle gas supplies for the second Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted all necessary and unconditional permits for construction and operation of the South Stream gas pipeline through the Turkish sector.

The Nord Stream consortium reports that Line 1 of its Baltic Sea pipeline became operational on Nov. 8, and was commemorated by political and business leaders as making a significant contribution to Europe’s long-term energy security.

The proposed ITGI pipeline system will be the quickest method of taking gas from Azerbaijan to European markets.