Pipeliners

14/06/2005 (15:23) RZD News - Gazprom is assessing the effectiveness of its participation in the construction of a pipeline linking Sakhalin to Komsomolsk-on-Amur and then to the eastern Russian city of Khabarovsk. As head of the strategic development department of Gazprom Vlada Rusakova has announced at a press briefing today, Gazprom should detect a niche for gas transported via the above-mentioned pipeline. In February 2004, Rosneft declined to participate in the construction project. The project is to be implemented within the framework of Russia's federal program aimed at enhancing economic and social development of the Far East region. The Khabarovsk and the Primorye regions are to get Russian gas produced on gas fields on Sakhalin Island, under this federal program, reports RBC.