Putting his hand up: Italy's Romano Prodi
Italy’s Prodi ‘in line for South Stream job’
Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller could offer outgoing Italian Premier Romano Prodi a top post with the company South Stream joint venture with Italian energy group Eni, Russian media reported.
News service RIA Novosti said Daily Kommersant quoted a government source as saying that Gazprom may repeat its move to make former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder head of the shareholders’ committee for Baltic pipeline operating venture Nord Stream.
South Stream will pump up to 30 billion cubic metres per year of gas from central Asia to Europe by 2012.
A Gazprom source reportedly said Miller was due to meet Prodi, who steps down next month, during a trip to Italy this week.