"I'm certain that the experience from joint work at Sakhalin 2 can lay the foundation of future cooperation in LNG, including on Yamal," Miller said following a meeting with Shell's CEO Jeroen van der Veer during the St Petersburg Economic Forum.

In 2007, Shell ceded its controlling stake in the Sakhalin 2 project off Russia's Pacific coast to state-controlled Gazprom. The project started production of LNG in March.

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