10 June 2004 08:54
CHINESE DELEGATION TO STUDY SAKHALIN LNG PLANT
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. June 10 (Interfax) - A delegation from the Chinese State Development and Reform Committee, which
arrived in Yuzhno- Sakhalinsk on Thursday, plans to familiarize itself with a liquefied natural gas plant project in the
village of Prigorodnoye during its trip to Sakhalin.
A source in the Sakhalin committee for international trade and interregional relations told Interfax that the
delegation is headed by the head of the Chinese State Development and Reform Committee Jiang Weixing and includes
Sinopec President Mu Shuling and representatives from the Portuguese and Malaysian branches of Shell China.
The delegation met with Sakhalin Governor Ivan Malakhov on Thursday to discuss cooperation. Government
representatives responsible for the oil and gas complex and representatives from Sakhalin-2 operator Sakhalin Energy
also participated in this meeting. The sides discussed the possibility of supplying liquefied natural gas from Sakhalin
to China.
Weather permitting, the delegation plans to visit the Vityaz production complex off the northeast Sakhalin coast.
The Chinese delegation will be in Sakhalin until June 12.
China is one of Sakhalin's main trading partners, buying mainly oil - 307,800 tonnes in 2003, seafood - 5,400
tonnes, forestry products - 12,900 cubic meters, and ferrous and nonferrous scrap - 7,700 tonnes. The main imports from
China are cement, salt, sulfur, chemicals, footwear, clothing, textiles, ships, boats and other floating vessels.
Sakhalin region has 29 companies with Chinese capital, including eight with 100% Chinese capital.
At the start of 2003 accumulated Chinese investment in the region amounted to $269,900, including $130,100 in
2003.
[Interfax] |
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