August 9, 2002	Friday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 29,1423

MOSCOW, Aug 8: Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft and its second-largest natural gas producer, Itera Holding, will do a feasibility study on the prospects of rebuilding Afghanistan’s gas industry, Rosneft said Thursday.

The Russian companies reached an agreement Wednesday with the Afghan Mining and Industry Ministry, under which Russian specialists will study the state of the country’s gas fields and pipeline network over the coming month.—APP