On 24 March, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev met in Moscow where they addressed the progress with and the prospects of the co-operation, inparticular, the regional gasification issues, the Russian gas monopoly said in statement.
Gazprom channeled over 4.2 billion rubles for gasification purposes between 2002 and 2013. The Company built 41 inter-settlement gas pipelines aswell as developed and updated a General Gas Supply and Gasification Scheme.
Joint efforts of Gazprom and the Rostov Region authorities resulted in a higher gasification level reaching 85.5% across the region. The company plans to allocate 616 million rubles to extend the gas supply network, carry out project estimates and construct 16inter-settlement gas pipelines.
Gazprom said that it continuously develops gas transmission capacities across the region. Between 2008 and 2013 the Company retrofitted the line pipes ofthe Orenburg– Novopskov, the Sokhranovka CS– Oktyabrskaya CS gas trunklines and agas branch toMillerovo town, as well as built a gas branch to Morozovsk town.