Gazprom, Mitsui Sign Framework Agreement on LNG Cooperation

Gazprom says it has signed a framework agreement on liquified natural gas cooperation with the Japanese trade group Mitsui.

VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) — Russian energy giant Gazprom and Japan’s trader Mitsui signed a framework agreement Thursday on cooperation on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Japan, the Russian company said.

"The document reflects the parties’ intent to cooperate in the sphere of production, transport and marketing of low- and medium-tonnage LNG on Japanese territory as well as on LNG bunkering in the Sea of Japan," Gazprom said in a statement.