Gazprom expects in the next 3-5-years to bring the volume of gas supplies to France to 3 billion cubic meters a year, said Vice-President of the Russian company Alexander Medvedev.Gazprom Marketing x26 Trading plans to increase its sales in France with 500 million cubic meters to 3 billion cubic meters a year. “In the medium term, increase the supply of gas will affect all European countries, which include Russian gas, including Italy, Austria and Bulgaria,” – promised MedvedevFilial Gazprom , opened in France in 2007, has currently 0.5 billion cubic meters of gas, or about 1% of its consumption. French company Gaz de France signed in 2006 with Gazprom agreement valid until 2030, according to which the supply will increase to 12 billion cubic meters a year. Alexander Medvedev assured that despite the financial crisis all major projects Gazprom will be carried out under the schedule established by agreements . This is particularly true of projects Nord Stream and Sur flow , as well as the development of Shtokman deposit. According to Medvedev, Russia can not join the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), because mechanism of the organization can not be directly applicable to Russia . However, he noted the importance of contacts and exchange of information with OPEC to market and to maintain prices . The measures that are likely to be considered by Russia to stabilize the energy market will be based on the specifics of our production, rather than on regulations OPEC , – said vice-president of Gazprom .
