Gazprom continues to accelerate construction of gas pipelines for additional gas grid expansion in Russian regions
RELEASE
Release
The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the information about the progress of additional gas infrastructure expansion in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation throughout 2022, namely the efforts for bringing pipeline gas to the boundaries of households at no cost to the population within localities already covered by the gas grid.
As of July 7, the Single operator of gas infrastructure expansion (SO, Gazprom Gazifikatsiya) and regional gas infrastructure expansion operators have received more than 920,000 applications for additional gas grid expansion. As many as 427,700 contracts have been signed, of which about 38 per cent have been executed.
In the areas falling under the responsibility of the SO, the work on additional gas grid expansion is carried out by the gas distribution entities (GDEs) of Gazprom, as well as independent GDEs. The funding is provided by the SO.
The pace of gas pipeline construction by Gazprom's entities is accelerating. In June, they completed works (i.e. laid gas pipelines up to the boundaries of land plots) under 23,000 contracts – an increase of 4 per cent versus May and 36 per cent versus April. At the same time, independent GDEs are showing insufficient rates of additional gas grid expansion in a number of regions. These entities need stronger oversight on the part of regional authorities.
Gazprom is conducting a broad awareness campaign regarding the conditions of participating in the additional gas grid expansion program. The Company is making the services easier to access and more user-friendly. Today, one can use single-window services offered by 900 client centers of the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Group to sign a contract for laying a gas pipeline up to the land plot boundaries or to receive a services package for gas connection. At the Group's initiative, the services package is also available at the multifunctional centers in 31 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
Background
The SO is the single responsibility center for gas infrastructure expansion and provision of free connections to gas distribution networks in 72 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and the Sirius federal territory.
A regional operator of gas infrastructure expansion is a responsibility center similar to the SO that functions in a constituent entity where it has bigger gas networks than the SO.