Pleased to meet you: Vladimir Putin
US giants queue up for Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet executives from US supermajors ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips as they look to boost business in Russia.
Russian agencies quoted Kremlin sources as saying the meeting will take place during Putin's visit to New York for the United Nations' summit, which begins today.
All three US supermajors are bidding to take part in the development of Gazprom's Shtokman gas field.
Gazprom is due to make public a short-list of five bidders for Shtokman out of nine contenders.