abstract:Gazprom Export LLC. (, before November 1, 2006 known as Gazexport, ) is a Russian company founded in 1973, the leading exporter of natural gas in the world, supplying Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Itscostwill be bornebyRussiantaxpayersrather than by Gazprom, as the discountin gas pricestoUkraine will be provided by a cut inexportduty paid by Gazprom to the Russianstate.
Gazprom,Russia's gas export monopoly, also had signed a deal to sell China 70 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year.
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On Ruhrgas, GazpromExport, GDF Suez, Qatar Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil - would like to see coal's share of the energy mix fall from 24% currently to between 4% and 9% by 2030.
Its cost will be borne by Russian taxpayers rather than by Gazprom, as the discount in gas prices to Ukraine will be provided by a cut in export duty paid by Gazprom to the Russian state.
Sakhalin Energy has the dubious distinction of being the only big energy project in Russia not to involve a Russian firm, and the two big Sakhalin projects are the only exceptions to Gazprom's gas-export monopoly.