October 12, 2024. A number of documents aimed at expanding the gas supply and gas infrastructure network and developing the NGV market in Russian regions were signed at St. Petersburg International Gas Forum 2024.
Natural gas is the most cost-effective and eco-friendly fuel for energy supplies to households and boiler houses of enterprises, as well as for use in vehicles. Gazprom’s goal is to create the conditions required for bringing the advantages of natural gas to as many people in Russia as possible.
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rostislav Goldstein, Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Region, signed a schedule for connecting the city of Birobidzhan to the Belogorsk – Khabarovsk gas pipeline through 2032.
Furthermore, Miller and Mikhail Kotyukov, Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, signed a roadmap for gas infrastructure expansion in the region. The document outlines the activities for gas infrastructure expansion in the city of Krasnoyarsk through 2028.
The roadmaps for the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory were drawn up in pursuance of the instructions of Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation.
Also signed by Alexey Miller and Mikhail Kotyukov was an Agreement on a wider use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel. The aims stipulated by the document include the improvement of environmental quality in the region.
The parties will look into the possibility of implementing joint projects for the conversion of the region’s vehicles to natural gas. The list of exact measures and the timeframes for their performance will be outlined in the corresponding roadmap.
Alexey Miller and Alexey Besprozvannykh, Governor of the Kaliningrad Region, signed an Agreement of Cooperation. The parties will continue their collaboration in a range of areas. For instance, Gazprom will ensure further reliable gas supplies to the regional consumers, continue bringing gas to urban and rural localities and keep on developing the NGV market.
Gazprom and the governments of two constituent entities of the Russian Federation, namely the city of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, signed synchronization plans for developing their NGV fuel markets. Under the documents, the parties will continue creating the conditions required for converting motor vehicles to natural gas. For instance, Gazprom will further develop the NGV refueling network across the city and the region, while St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region will provide support measures to the company and car owners, as well as work on expanding the NGV fleets.
