LNG

Feb 21 (LNGJ) - Gazprom hosted a meeting in Moscow between Alexei Miller, Gazprom Chairman, and Ichiro Takahara, Director General of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The parties discussed prospects for deepening the Russian-Japanese partnership in the energy sector. The meeting summed up the results of a feasibility study on the options for the Vladivostok LNG project, Gazprom said. It was agreed that Gazprom and the consortium of Japanese companies, including trading groups Itochu and Marubeni and LNG developer Inpex, under the company banner of Japan Far East Gas Co., will "move over to the investment rationale" for the LNG plant.