Russian oil and gas company Rosneft is conducting oil and gas exploration work that may have caused the critically endangered western gray whale to flee its main feeding ground.

NAKHODKA. September 1 (Interfax) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered that the construction of the East Siberia - Pacific Ocean oil pipeline proceed without delays.

Excerpt from report by corporate-owned Russian news agency Interfax Nakhodka, 31 August: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is demanding that there be no delays with the construction of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline (ESPO).

Gazprom will buy a 25 percent stake in Daltransgaz, a part owner of a natural gas pipeline in Russia's Far East, the Russian gas monopoly said Saturday. Gazprom will buy the Daltransgaz stake from Rosneft, the largest Russian government-owned crude producer, RIA Novosti reported.

MADRID. July 1 (Interfax) - Rosneft (RTS: ROSN) does not rule out a review of the price it charges for crude oil delivered to China, Rosneft President Sergei Bogdanchikov told journalists in Madrid on Tuesday. "The contract is in force, it is being fulfilled and will be fulfilled until 2010.