Gazprom to December 2014 will receive royalty gas, "Sakhalin-2"

The Russian government accepted the proposal of the Ministry of Energy, to obtain profits in the form of money owed ​​to Russia on account of payments for the systematic production of the necessary resources (royalties) and in the form of share from the sale of high-yielding production sharing agreement (PSA) Chayvo, Odoptinsky and Arktun-Daginskogo neftegazokondenstnyh fields ("Sakhalin-1"). Also, in the form of money will work out royalty plan "Sakhalin-2" (Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye) and except for the period from September 2011 to December 2014, as soon as it becomes a work out in kind – with gas. Gas supplies will be used long buyers of the Far Eastern federal district, well, in case of insufficient volumes of gas will fall and the share of highly profitable products. At present the government ordered, in fact the right to receive royalty and gas production are assigned to "Gazprom" with a monthly listing of federal byutzhet proceeds from the sale of these volumes of gas money. Exercise price of gas is determined on the basis of wholesale prices, reduced the value of NPD and the costs of transportation – in the 2011-2012 school year for the Primorsky Territory – 2250 rubles. TCM, for the Sakhalin Region – 100 rubles. TCM, and the years 2013-2014 – to the extent appropriate rashodovam in 2012, increased by the forecasted level of economic stagnation. "Gazprom" accepts responsibility for establishing accounting poluchaeimel opportunity volumes of gas, transportation and delivery to customers. FTS instructed to compute in the prescribed manner for the customers wholesale prices for gas tariffs for its transportation and payment for the provision of procurement services in 2011, well in 2012 and subsequent years – based on their pricing of gas to end customers. In early September, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko reported actual decision of the Government of the Russian Federation of the receipt of royalty plan "Sakhalin-2" gas compatible. The head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller and the NPD in September he met with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia itself until 2014, will receive royalty plan "Sakhalin-2" gas supply to the pipeline "Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok", was released koy September 8. Under the plan, "Sakhalin-2" mastered Piltun-Astokhskoye and Lunskoye, recoverable reserves of which orastsenokivayutsya 150 million tons of oil and 500 billion cubic meters of gas. Shareholders are "Gazprom" (50% plus 1 share), Royal Dutch Shell (27,5%) and Japanese Mitsui (12,5%) and Mitsubishi (10%). The operator of the plan is a consortium Sakhalin Energy. Sakhalin Energy is developing deposits on the basis of production sharing agreements (PSAs) negotiated in 1994. Originally expected, actual country will receive royalties (income from the plan) in cash, and then signed a decree authorizing the participants to pay the royalties PSA gas. The state had planned to transfer the resulting material to "Gazprom" for supply to the Far East. Subsequently, the decision was changed, as the actual payments to countries in conflict in kind to the Budget Code. Gas for the Far East was expected to buy from Sakhalin Energy, but in relation to those actually its prices on the PSA is tied to gas prices in Western Europe, the firm agreed to acquire from the state subsidy, the amount of means had the opportunity to make a quarter of the profits from royalties. Gas pipeline project "Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok" is being implemented across the Eastern gas program, aimed at creating a common system of production, transportation and supply. The length of the first start of the ensemble pipeline – 1.35 thousand km, capacity – 6 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Coordinator of a program is OAO "Gazprom".