Russ Oil-Gas

24.03.2008 - RZD News - The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service intends to agree with Gazprom on the rules of non-discriminatory access to its gas pipeline network in the near future, head of the antitrust agency Igor Artemyev told journalists today. The agency has made considerable progress in the talks, as only two or three issues are yet to be agreed, instead of 40 at the beginning of the discussions, Artemyev said. The agency's deputy head Anatoly Golomolzin is overseeing the talks with Gazprom. The move is expected to help attain the goal of tripling the share of independent gas producers by 2030, which was set by Russia's First Deputy PM Dmitry Medvedev in November 2007, RBC reports.