Gazprom reveals Alaska pipe dream

(FILES) Picture dated 19 December 2006 shows Russian Gazprom chief Alexei Miller answering questions during a joint press conference with Gas de France (GDF) Jean-Francois Cirelli president at Gazprom office in Moscow. Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has chosen French oil major Total to help develop its giant Shtokman gas field, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said in a statement Thursday 12 July 2007.AFP PHOTO FILES/ALEXANDER NEMENOV

Looking to Alaska: Gazprom's Alexei Miller

ALEXANDER NEMENOV

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By Wire services

 09 June 2008 01:12 GMT

Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom wants to join a gas pipeline project in Alaska and has already made a proposal to BP and ConocoPhillips, its chief executive.

"We are interested, for example, in such big projects as building a gas pipeline from Alaska," Alexei Miller told the St Petersburg Economic Forum on Saturday, Reuters reported.

"We have made the relevant proposals to our partners, ConocoPhillips and BP," he said.

Gazprom, the world's third most-valued stock, is looking to expand outside Europe, to which it is already a key supplier, providing a quarter of its gas needs.

Miller's deputy, Alexander Medvedev, later told reporters Gazprom would also hold talks with the leader of a competing project, TransCanada.

"Given Gazprom's (future) role in LNG…

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