Shtokman Launch To Depend On Europe Gas Demand

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Moscow (Reuters) - Gazprom may delay the launch of the giant Shtokman gas field beyond 2013 should demand in Europe not recover fast enough, the Russian company's export chief told Reuters. Deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev also said Gazprom was considering partnering with South Korean state-owned company KOGAS, the world's biggest corporate buyer of liquefied natural gas, at an LNG project in Russia's Far East. Medvedev told the Reuters Russia Investment Summit that the start-up of the Shtokman project, which also involves France's Total and Norway's StatoilHydro, would depend on the gas market.