Russ Oil-Gas

RBC, 25.04.2006, Moscow 14:05:49.Gazprom is considering the possibility of reducing costs of the construction of an onshore section of the North European Gas Pipeline (NEGP), deputy head of Gazprom's gas transportation, underground storage and utilization department Alexander Shaikhutdinov told journalists today. The engineering council has met already to discuss this issue. However, Shaikhutdinov did not specify the cost reduction techniques the company was planning to apply.