The implementation of a project to develop a vast gas field in the Russian sector of the Barents Sea is being delayed further, First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said Friday.
He did not offer a reason for the delay, but stressed that the project would go ahead regardless.
The Shtokman field has estimated reserves of 3.8 trillion cubic meters. Shtokman is to feed Nord Stream, a gas pipeline set to link Russia and the European Union via the Baltic Sea.
Russian energy giant Gazprom has a 51% stake in the Shtokman project, while France's Total and Norway's StatoilHydro have 25% and 24%, respectively.
MOSCOW, December 25 (RIA Novosti)
