Offshore staff

(Barents Sea)-Gazprom says that Statoil is one of the companies that it wants to negotiate with regarding development of the Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea.

A number of international companies submitted development proposals for the Shtokman field to Gazprom during the spring.

Statoil presented its proposals, with five possible development solutions, at the end of April. These proposals have been assessed by Gazprom and the company says it now wishes to cooperate further with Statoil before a final decision is taken on which companies will become part of the Shtokman partnership.

Gazprom plans to make its choice of partners for the Shtokman development before the end of this year.

09/16/05