[lbo-talk] Russia Gazprom discusses selling gas to Israel

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Russia Gazprom discusses selling gas to Israel
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssOilGasExplorationProduction/idUSLA35922420080623

Mon Jun 23, 2008 

MOSCOW, June 23 (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom
(GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Monday it had
discussed the possibility of selling gas to Israel.

"Both sides discussed prospective Russian-Israeli partnership in the
sphere of energy, in particular, gas shipments to Israel," Gazprom said
in a statement.

Gazprom's CEO Alexei Miller met with Israel's Minister of Infrastructure
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in Moscow, it added.

"Ben-Eliezer took a great interest in gas shipments to Israel on a
long-term contract basis," the statement said.

(Reporting by Amie Ferris-Rotman, editing by James Kilner)

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