Japan could start getting a secure line for natural gas from Russia if the conditions are right, Russian energy company Gazprom said. Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI June 8 (UPI) — If the economics of an agreement are constructive, Japan could eventually get its natural gas from a Russian pipeline, a Gazprom executive said. Japanese companies are playing a role in the development of liquefied natural gas projects led by Gazprom in the Yamal Peninsula in the far north and on the Pacific coast. Alexander Medvedev , the deputy chairman of the country, said that could open doors for a Japanese gas pipeline as well. “We cannot exclude on the basis of general preconditions that construction of such a pipeline will be economically feasible,” he was quoted as saying by Russia news agency Tass. “Prospects and the situation are good; all our counterparts are set for fruitful work.” In the […]