President of StatoilHydro Russia on official visit to Murmansk

The visit included a number of meetings with representatives from the Murmansk Oblast Government. Last year a Memorandum of Understanding between the regional government and Statoil Hydro was signed, and yesterday results of the cooperation programme in 2008 were summed up and main trends for 2009 were identified.

The President of StatoilHydro Russia also met the Governor of Murmansk Oblast Dmitry Dmitriyenko.

-I’m very happy with the meeting today. There has definitely been a progress in our cooperation and mutual understanding. We’ve advanced in many things; I’m pleased to see concrete results, Mr. Hansen said.

Dmitry Dmitriyenko in his turn expressed gratitude to StatoilHydro for long-term cooperation with Murmansk Oblast. In his opinion socially-oriented projects is a good indicator of a company’s willingness and serious intentions for the future.

As BarentsObserver yesterday reported, Murmansk Oblast government came up with a proposal to StatoilHydro on participation in the reconstruction of Hotel Arktika downtown Murmansk city. The hotel has been closed for a long time, but if renovated it could serve as a dwelling complex for foreign oil and gas specialists involved in the Shtokman project.

During the visit in Murmansk, StatoilHydro signed two agreements with educational establishments in Murmansk: with Lyceum No.6 on training of welders and with Murmansk Technical University on educational programmes for oil and gas specialists.

BarentsObserver Murmansk