Japan plans to deliver pipes for a gas pipeline "Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok"

The parties addressed the prospects for bilateral cooperation when delivering Gazprom’s large-scale projects in eastern Russia including the project for the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas transmission system (GTS) construction.
The consortium of Japanese pipe suppliers was established by Japan’s Itochu Corporation, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and Sumitomo Corporation for the purpose of supplying Gazprom with steel goods.
The September 2007 Order by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Energy approved the state-run Development Program for an integrated gas production, transportation and supply system in Eastern Siberia and the Far East, taking into account potential gas exports to China and other Asia-Pacific countries (Eastern Gas Program). Gazprom was appointed by the Russian government as the program execution coordinator.
Construction of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok GTS with its first startup complex projected for commissioning in the third quarter of 2011 is among top-priority projects of the Eastern Gas Program.