Musical chairs?: a meeting earlier this year chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) with (from left) Deputy PM Igor Sechin and Gazprom executive chairman Alexei Miller opposite Statoil chief executive Helge Lund (left) and Total boss
Christophe de Margerie
Statoil has reaffirmed its commitment to the stalled Shtokman gas project amid reports that it may be replaced by Shell, as top-level talks took place in Moscow on Friday.
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