YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. Oct 3 (Interfax) - Gazprom (RTS: GAZP) plans to launch production at the Kirinskoye gas field, which is part of the Sakhalin-3 project, in 2014, Viktor Timoshilov, head of the company's eastern projects coordination department, said at an oil and gas conference in Sakhalin.

The Sakhalin-II project led by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, has received $5.3 billion in loan financing. The Japan Bank for International Co-operation acted as the major creditor by financing $3.7 billion.

Tokyo, June 16 (Jiji Press)--Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin II oil and gas development project in Russia, has signed a 5.3-billion-dollar project financing deal with a syndicate of banks led by the government-backed Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

MOSCOW. June 16 (Interfax) - Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin-2 project, has signed an agreement with the Japan Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) and a consortium of international banks on financing for the project's second phase, the company said in a statement.

MOSCOW. April 18 (Interfax) - Sakhalin Energy, the operator of the Sakhalin-2 project, plans to begin year-round oil production in June, a source at the company told Interfax.