Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod joins Green Russia countrywide environmental cleanup
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In late August, more than 2,000 employees of Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod got together for the annual Green Russia environmental cleanup arranged by the Vernadsky Non-Governmental Ecological Foundation with support from Gazprom.
Sechenovskoye Gas Pipeline Operation Center of Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod
The gas workers cleaned the areas adjacent to gas transmission facilities, the riverfront and lake shores, and parks and garden squares across the regions where the company operates.
Utility Vehicles and Special-Purpose Machinery Directorate of Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod
As a result, a total of more than 75 hectares was cleared and over 124 tons of waste was transported to a special landfill.
Background
Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom that delivers natural gas to Europe, as well as to 15 regions in the Volga and Central Federal Districts of the Russian Federation.
The company’s gas transmission system is composed of trunklines stretching for over 13,000 kilometers and conveying some 170 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod operates 54 compressor workshops, 284 gas compressor units, 375 gas distribution stations, and 15 CNG filling stations. The company’s efficiency is achieved through 25 branches, including 16 gas pipeline operation centers, the Engineering Center, the Emergency Response and Recovery Directorate, the Procurement Directorate, the Utility Vehicles and Special-Purpose Machinery Directorate, the Volgoavtogaz company, and the Staff Training Center.
The ISO 14001:2004environmental management system is in effect at Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod. The company employs around 11,000 people. It is headquartered in Nizhny Novgorod.
Gazprom Transgaz Nizhny Novgorod has participated in Green Russia countrywide environmental cleanups since 2013.
The purpose of this socially significant project is to improve the environmental situation in the company’s areas of operation, to raise the environmental consciousness of the personnel and the population, and to shape the company’s image as an environmentally responsible enterprise.