AlexeiMiller said Tuesday’s agreements would allow the pair to “broaden co-operationand focus our joint efforts at the most ambitious oil and gas projects”.
Shell chiefexecutive Peter Voser said that the Anglo-Dutch supermajor aimed to build onthe pair’s prior success “by applying our leading technology and innovation tonew, frontier areas including liquids-rich shale and Arctic exploration”.
Gazpromchairman Alexei Miller and Shell chairman Jorma Ollila signed the offshore dealin Amsterdam late yesterday in the presence of Russian president Vladimir Putinand Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte.
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