Addressing a Far Eastern economic forum, Mr Ananenkov said the Sakhalin-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok pipeline would be developed stage by stage, taking into account the available export capacities in the Khabarovsk Territory. Initially, gas from the operational Sakhalin-I and Sakhalin-II oil and gas projects could be supplied to the gas pipeline. The Sakhalin-I project is operated by Exxon Neftegaz, a joint venture with the US oil major, and has recoverable reserves estimated at 315m tons (2.3bn brl) of oil and 485bn cum of gas. The Sakhalin-II project, in which Gazprom holds a controlling stake, has estimated reserves of 150m tons (1.1bn brl) of oil and 500bn cum of gas. Sakhalin is around 10,000km east of Moscow. "The gas pipeline will operate at full capacity once gas production from the Sakhalin-III project comes on stream, expected in 2015-2016, and the system's further development will also be linked with the gas supplies from the Chayanda gas field in Yakutia," Mr Ananenkov said. The Sakhalin-III oil and gas project's estimated reserves in the Sea of Okhotsk total over 800m tons (5.86bn brl) of oil and more than 900bn cum of gas. The project includes the East-Odoptinsky, Ayashsky, Venin, and South-Kirinsky blocks. The Chayanda field in Yakutia in NE Russia is also intended to supply gas to Asia-Pacific countries, in particular China.