LNG

Jan 20 - Work on the South Stream natural gas pipeline project - running from the Black Sea to Southern and Central Europe - will start in December this year instead of 2013, said the lead developer, Russia's Gazprom. "We already have an international legal framework, huge interest of all participants in Europe, the necessary financial resources and the unique experience in implementing large-scale offshore gas transmission projects. The project is needed and awaited, and we are beginning to implement it," said Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller.GP LNG plans re-exports