Russia's Gazprom, Shell to sign deal on Baltic LNG project
6/21/2016 2:45:51 PM
MOSCOW, June 14 (Reuters) - Russian gas giant Gazprom and oil major Shell will sign a deal on a planned Baltic LNG project on the sidelines of a forum in St. Petersburg later this week, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Tuesday.
He said the deal will be signed in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will meet Shell's Chief Executive Ben van Beurden at the forum.
Gazprom plans to build the plant, which may produce up to 20 MMtpy of LNG by the end of 2021.
Russian daily Kommersant has reported that Shell would like to acquire 25% to 35% of theproject. Ushakov did not elaborate on what the deal would involve.
Reporting by Denis Dyomkin; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Christian Lowe
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