Russ Oil-Gas

04 September 2007 - Upstream OnLine - German player E.ON said today it hopes to reach an agreement with Russian giant Gazprom about jointly developing the Yuzhno-Russkoye gas field by the end of this month. The company made the annuoncement in a statement confirming comments made by company boss Wulf Bernotat to Russian news agency Interfax. Last month, E.ON said it was considering giving Gazprom stakes in gas-to-power plants in the UK as part of asset swaps under discussion.